The Prince and Princess of Wales were close friends before their romance blossomed and Kate even developed a clever tactic to help her future husband out of “uncomfortable” situations
Very few of us need reminding that The Prince and Princess of Wales’ famous love story began at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. The couple met during their first year when they were both living at St Salvator’s Halls of Residence, going on to live together in a shared house with other pals in their second year.
As you may imagine, when Prince William enrolled at the university he found himself quite the centre of attention when it came to advances from young women. This allegedly made William quite nervous as he was “too polite” and didn’t know how to reject their favour.
It is well-known that Kate and William were very close friends before they became romantically involved, so just as any good mate would do, Kate came up with a clever trick to help him out of awkward social situations.
Speaking to royal expert Katie Nicholl for her book Kate: The Future Queen, their mutual friend Laura Warshauer said: “Will was getting really hit on by this girl at a party and it was getting quite uncomfortable because he couldn’t shake her off.
“He was being really polite, but this girl just didn’t get the hint. All of a sudden Kate came up behind him and put her arms around him. He said ‘Oh, sorry, but I’ve got a girlfriend’, and he and Kate went off giggling.”
William was very grateful for her help, and according to Laura, he mouthed “thanks so much” to her afterwards. She said: “Kate was the only girl in the room who could have done that. And that was just a month after we started university.”
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