3. Middleton was raised in Bucklebury, Berkshire, in the south of England. She went to St
Andrew's School, Pangbourne until she was 13 and then attended the public school
Marlborough College (the same school William's cousin Princess Eugenie of York attends),
where she passed eleven GCSEs and three A-level exams. Like the Prince, Middleton was a
student at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. She graduated in 2005 with a 2:1
(Upper Second-Class) MA (Hons) degree in History of Art.

4. While attending the University of St Andrews in
2001, Middleton met Prince kate middleton
William of Wales. At the time, Middleton was
already in her second year at St Andrews. Since
around Christmas of 2003 she and Prince William
have been involved in a relationship that has been
subjected to intense media attention.
The couple were first seen publicly on a ski trip in
Klosters in April 2004. During 2005, the British
media began speculating that the Prince and
Middleton would eventually become engaged.
In 2007, the couple briefly split after struggling to
find time as Prince William pursued his army career.
However, they soon came back together.

5. On 16th November, 2010, Kate Middleton and Prince William announced their plans to marry
in the new year.
Announcing their engagement Prince William said: "The timing is right now, we are both very,
very happy." Miss Middleton added that joining the Royal Family was a "daunting prospect"
but said: "Hopefully I'll take it in my stride."

6. Kate Middleton and Prince William were married on Friday 29th April 2011 at Westminster Abbey,
London.
After the wedding, the couple intend to continue residing on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, where
Prince William is based as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot.
Prince William and Kate Middleton became parents with the birth of their first child, when their son
Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was bornat at St. Mary's Hospital, London, on 22 July 2013 at
16:24 local time. Housed in the same hospital with the father's birthplace, Prince William, the baby was
born healthy, weighing 3 79 kg.

7. The Duchess's first official engagement after the wedding
came in May, when she and her husband met with Barack
Obama, the President of the United States, and First Lady
Michelle Obama. In June 2011, the Duke and Duchess
presented medals to members of the Irish Guards.
On 26 October 2011, she undertook her first solo event for In
Kind Direct, stepping in for the Prince of Wales, who was in
Saudi Arabia. On 2 November, the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge visited the UNICEF Supply Division Centre for
supplying food to malnourished African children in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
On St Patrick's Day, 17 March 2012, the Duchess carried out
the traditional awarding of shamrocks to the Irish Guards at
their base in Aldershot; this was her first solo military
engagement. On 19 March, she gave her first speaking
engagement for the opening of the Treehouse, a new
children's hospice opened by East Anglia's Children's
Hospices (EACH), a charity of which she is a patron.
Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge supporting
British Olympic Team at a dinner in countdown to the 2012
Olympics in London, 11 May 2012