The Duchess of Cambridge remains close to Rupert Finch, whom she met during her university days and with whom she had a romance shortly before meeting Prince William.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met in 2001 at the exclusive St Andrews University and have been in a relationship for more than 15 years, but William was not the first man with whom Kate Middleton had a relationship during her student days. Now it is known that Middleton still maintains a close relationship with her former college boyfriend: he is Rupert Finch, who currently works as a lawyer and with whom the now Duchess of Cambridge and mother of three children dated for a while, shortly before meet and fall in love with Lady Di's eldest son.
Although their romantic relationship did not prosper, largely due to William's insistence, years later it was revealed that they are still connected. The lawyer is the husband of Natalia Rufus Isaacs, who happens to be one of Kate Middleton's favorite designers. Rufus Isaacs' friendship with the Windsors is so close that she attended the wedding of Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank as a guest with her husband in October 2018.
Finche, then a law student and cricketer in his final year at St. Andrews, dated Kate for at least a year, in 2001. He now works as a lawyer in London.
Additionally, Natasha Rufus Isaacs was a childhood friend of Prince William.
“When I met her, I immediately knew that there was something very special about her,” William confessed in the interview that the royal couple gave when they announced their engagement in November 2010. Kate initially rejected William's romantic advances, since she was with Finch. and I saw him only as a friend. But the determined prince did not stop until he got a date with whom she would be his wife today.
Natasha Rufus Isaacs and her partner Lavinia Richards are behind the Beulah London fashion house, which is not only a favorite of Kate, but of other royals such as Princess Beatrice of York. She is also from Mary of Denmark. In addition to offering classic designs that adapt to the coronavirus protocol, it is also an organization with a charitable cause: it was founded in 2009 in India to help vulnerable women and victims of human trafficking and allocates 10% of its profits to social purposes.
Middleton has several of the firm's garments in her exclusive wardrobe. Just a month ago she chose the brand at two events: to visit The Nook Children's Hospital and for the Tusk Conservation Awards. The garments with classic lines, simple but very feminine, align perfectly with the style of Prince William's wife.
The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, in 2011, was the culmination of a story that began 10 years earlier, 8 of which they spent as a couple (interrupted by a crisis of a few months). It started as a college friendship and turned into love.
The prince gave Kate the engagement ring of her mother, Princess Diana.
Catherine Elizabeth Middleton is from a wealthy British family and grew up in a wealthy life. Queen Elizabeth II immediately approved her as the future wife of her grandson, since she always considered her a well-off, sophisticated, and upper-class woman.
Her father Michael Ella, a former flight dispatcher, and her mother Carole, a former British Airways stewardess, founded the successful company Party Pieces, a party and event supplies business. They became millionaires in a short time.
Despite not having any noble title, Caroline and Michael Middleton had close ties to royalty and managed to get her into the prestigious and elite St. Andrews University in Scotland. There she studied art history and fell in love with William, second in line to the throne.is
As the future queen consort, Kate Middleton today plays a much more important role than Meghan Markle in the crown and has many more responsibilities than her sister-in-law. Queen Elizabeth II, 93, trusts her completely and increasingly grants her patricianship. This year the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took on a highly relevant role after the criticism of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Andrew of York.
