Kate Middleton is the daughter of businessman Michael and former air stewardess Carole Middleton.
London The Princess of Wales has proved a model royal since joining Britain´s most famous family making poised public appearances while avoiding the harsh criticism doled out to her sister in-law Meghan.Catherine who married the now heir to the throne Prince William in 2011 stepped up appearances as his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II retreated from the public eye.The couple both 40 played a prominent role during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and have consistently been the most popular royals behind the late monarch in recent years.
She has balanced royal duties, which included a prominent role in Platinum Jubilee celebrations, with being a hands-on mum to her three children.Catherine won plaudits for effortlessly comforting her youngest son Prince Louis when he became restless during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant earlier this year.The former Kate Middleton is the daughter of businessman Michael and former air stewardess Carole Middleton.She began dating William while studying history of art at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
The couple have been together ever since bar a brief breakup in 2007 that Kate has said made her a stronger person.She worked briefly as a buyer at high street fashion chain Jigsaw before her marriage at Londons historic Westminster Abbey in 2011 where she wore a lace sleeved gown by Alexander McQueens Sarah Burton.Williams choice to marry a commoner after a live in relationship sharply contrasted with his father the now King Charles III in his 1981 marriage to 20 year-old aristocrat Diana Spencer, when he was 12 years her senior.
Kate has since given little away about her experiences in joining the royal family, unlike her sister in-law Meghan who married Williams younger brother Prince Harry in 2018.In the early days of her courtship photographers tracked Kates every move too drawing parallels to the media treatment of Williams mother who died in 1997.There were also reports that Williams friends mocked her mothers former profession and that courtiers said Carole Middleton used insufficiently posh phrases.
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