The secret pact that Kate Middleton and Prince William made before getting married
Lady Di's son told the now Duchess of Cambridge that he wanted to spend his life with her after several years of romance
Kate Middleton and Prince William made a "pact" before marrying in 2011 after a brief crisis that kept them apart for a few months. The Dukes of Cambridge are now a happy family of five, but there was a point where it seemed they could go. Going their separate ways after briefly separating in 2007. In those months away from Kate, William made a decision that would change both his personal and public life.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl revealed that the royal couple made a pact. In her book Kate: The Future Queen, she revealed that the dukes made an important promise shortly after they got back together to take the pressure off the press and public opinion.
After dating for years without a marriage proposal, Nicholl claims Middleton no longer wanted to keep waiting for William, whom she met in 2001 while studying at the prestigious and elite St. Andrews University in Scotland. There she studied art history and fell in love with the son of Lady Di, second in line to the throne.
At first, Kate rejected William's love advances, since he was in another relationship and saw him only as a friend, but the determined prince did not stop until he got a date.
Although they began their relationship in 2003 as college classmates, the first time William and Kate were seen together was in 2004 during a trip to Switzerland.
After that time apart, the couple traveled to the island of Desroches, in the Seychelles, to spend time together and give themselves a new opportunity. “There, on the island paradise, William promised Kate that he wanted to have a long-term relationship. For the first time, they talked seriously about marriage, and with the ocean before them and under the night sky, they made a pact. " It seems that Prince William reassured Kate about her future by promising that one day she would receive a ring and they would start a family.
Reflecting on their separation years later, Prince William recounted: “We were both very young. We were trying to find our way and we were growing, it was just a little space, things worked out for the better ”. Kate added: “I think I wasn't very happy at the time, but it made me a stronger person. You discover things about yourself that you may not have realized, and I valued that time for me. "
William and Kate's wedding in 2011 was the culmination of a ten-year history of meeting and eight of boyfriends. It started as a college friendship and turned into love. “When I met her, I immediately knew that there was something very special about her,” William confessed in the interview that the couple gave in 2010 when they announced their engagement.
The now Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 37, met at university in 2001 while studying at St Andrews, but began dating in 2003. In the years that followed, their relationship flourished as they pursued individual goals, with Kate working at his family's businesses and William beginning his military training.
After briefly separating in 2007, the couple officially returned a few months later. The Duchess of Cambridge was photographed at a concert to mark the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death. They got engaged in 2010 and married the following year at Windsor Castle. Today they are the parents of Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, four, and Prince Louis, one.
Why Meghan and Harry will still be together despite everything
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are well positioned to weather the media storm around them and avoid ending up like Charles of England and Princess Diana of Wales, said Paul Burrell, Princess Diana's former personal assistant and confidante.
In an interview in New York, Burrell offered his opinion on how Harry rejected the media intrusion and has tried to protect his wife, the Duchess of Sussex. “Carlos and Diana didn't have what Harry and Meghan have. They had no love. But Harry and Meghan love each other. It's pretty obvious when you see them together, "Burrell told Reuters.
Princes' parents Harry and William divorced in 1996 after 15 years of an unhappy marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles, today the Duchess of Cornwall, as the third in disagreement. On August 31, 1997 Diana Spencer died in a traffic accident in Paris, France, while being chased by paparazzi. She was 36 years old.
Harry, 35, said in a recent interview with ITV that "I would not be bullied into playing a game that killed my mother" referring to the media that harasses his wife and mother of his son. He and Meghan also took legal action against various outlets to protect their privacy. In addition, he admitted that his relationship with his older brother was not ideal and that they were each on their separate paths.
Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have a calmer present, Burrell said. "Harry said that he and William are on different paths. I know what you mean by that. William and Kate are preparing for the throne, "Burrell said, adding that Queen Elizabeth II and her son Charles have left Harry to find his own way.
