Prince William (41 years old) and Kate Middleton (42 years old) are going through one of their most complicated moments. A few months ago, the Princess of Wales was diagnosed cancer. Since then, she has remained away from her duties with respect to the Crown and is focused on her treatment and her recovery.
In these moments, her husband has become her great support and at first he even considered stopping his schedule to dedicate all his time to her. Something she ultimately couldn’t do because her commitments require her to be present at some events. But what is clear is that they are the best support for each other in difficult situations like this. Something that is helped by the fact that They have been in a relationship for more than 20 years. A relationship that began in the most discreet way.
We have to go back to 2001 to talk about its beginnings. Prince William and Kate Middleton met at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland, more than 20 years ago. The two stayed in the residence there and little by little they strengthened ties. Something they did in the most discreet way and for which they had the complicity of their friends. As ‘The Royalty’, a media outlet from the Netherlands, tells it, everyone followed a strategy so that the courtship did not see the light of day ahead of time.
The three ways in which Prince William and Kate Middleton hid their relationship
According to the aforementioned media, what they did was referring to Prince William with a pseudonym. The best friends of the now Prince of Wales, instead of referring to him by his name, called him steve. In this way, if that name was heard at the University, no one would associate it with the heir and therefore, his relationship with Kate Middleton would go more unnoticed.
Another of the strategies that the aforementioned publication has referred to is how they started to live together Prince William and Kate Middleton. They did it with friends. Instead of the two of them living alone, something that would have raised suspicions that there was more than just friendship between them, the princes of Wales began to share a flat with more friends. A good way to mislead as to the steps they were taking to get to know each other better and strengthen your courtship.
And as a third tactic, they highlight the fact that Prince William and Kate Middleton They left the parties separately. The two attended the same celebrations, but even there they tried not to let anyone discover them as a couple. For this reason, they left at different times so that it would not be thought that they were leaving together for some special reason.
Regarding how the move turned out for Prince William and Kate Middleton, it should be noted that It turned out well for them. It wasn’t until three years after they started knowing each other that their relationship became official. A time that not all royals manage to keep secret since each of their steps are analyzed in detail. But his tactics and having had the complicity of his friends, led the couple to live some beginnings away from media pressure. This meant that they could live everything more calmly and that once the relationship became public, it was already well established.
The evolution of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship
Until 2004, they had no choice but to take the step forward and announce their courtship. So, Prince William and Kate Middleton bragged about their love and they saw how wedding rumors soon appeared. Something that at first they ruled out, ensuring that they were still young. In fact, the next news was not that of their engagement, it was that of their estrangement. The relationship between the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge then went through one of its breakups. Something that happened again in 2007.
At that moment it seemed that nothing had to be done to save Prince William and Kate Middleton’s relationship. But in 2010, they surprised with the news of their engagement. Then the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took the definitive step with which they were betting on their relationship. A year later, on April 29, 2011, the big day arrived. Prince William and Kate Middleton had a romantic wedding with which they began a new stage that continues to this day.
