One of the central plots in the farewell of the successful Netflix series, The Crown, were young Kate and William, a couple who continues their love today. But how did they meet in real life?
The final season of The Crown showed the birth of romance between young William (Ed McVey) and Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy), but the real moment may not have been as told in the Netflix series. Therefore, let's see how love really arose between the happy couple.
This is how Kate Middleton and Prince William actually met
The Netflix series showed a first approach between very young Kate and William, who were even played by other smaller actors who are not the young people who will carry out the romance. This kind of flashback may rather be a narrative resource or a mere excuse to continue having Elizabeth Debicki's Lady Di on the screen, even if just a little longer, since at that point her participation had already culminated after the tragic death of Diana.
Reality says that Kate and William met when they were both studying at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, during their first year there. They say that they crossed paths for the first time in September 2001: "Actually I think I turned red when I met you and I ran away," Kate told William in a joint interview, which is why that scene in the series is ruined. .
Yes, it is true, as fiction shows, that both teenagers took a sabbatical year upon graduating in the year 2000, creating that slump in their studies that led them to coincide at St. Andrews in the fall of 2001. What was stated in the show That Kate's mother was the one who, on purpose, made her daughter rest that year to force the coincidence with William, is the responsibility of the scriptwriters of The Crown and some historians who affirm it.
It's also true that Kate walked the runway in a sheer black dress while studying at St. Andrews, with Prince William sitting in the front row. That would have been the moment of the final crush that began this kind of fairy tale between the brand new royal couple.
