Beautiful, athletic, smart, from a good family: in the millennial version Bridgerton it was always clear to everyone that sisters Middleton they would bring a big shot down the aisle. If Pippa Middleton married one of the richest men in England, James Spencer Matthews, Kate hit the jackpot by putting a wedding ring on the finger of the heir to the throne. Before forcing Prince William to capitulate (and also during their pause for reflection) in St. Salvator’s Hall at the University of St. Andrews, the Princess of Wales flirted several times, from champion hockey player to “rival” Will, a millionaire. Here is a summary Kate Middleton’s ex-girlfriends the tabloids noticed.

Not counting her first kiss with Woody St. Webster, the brother of her then best friend Alice, who was only 16 years old, Kate’s first real boyfriend responds to the name Willem Marks.. They met at Marlborough College, an exclusive school open to British elite teenagers in Wiltshire, and dated for several months. The farewell was painless enough to be among the guests at the royal wedding in 2011. Today, Willem is a journalist for CNBC and is happily married to TV presenter Joanna Botta.

Still in the corridors of Marlborough College, the Princess of Wales also visits Harry Blakelock.The first one broke her heart. In his senior year, he is the captain of the men’s hockey team, he is handsome and athletic, and Middleton “goes crazy”. A visit that only lasts, however, for the duration of the school year: after graduation, Harry decides to spend his sabbatical abroad and leaves his girlfriend without further compliments. “Kate was really attached to Harry. She talked about him all the time, it seemed she was really in love, ”the words of an old friend collected by the publication. daily mail. In accordance with MirrorsHarry married Kate’s girlfriend and is now a partner in the world’s largest independent insurance broker.

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Rupert Finch, on the other hand, was Kate’s first love in college. (and will also appear in Crown 6 ed.). They met in 2001 when Middleton entered the Faculty of Art History at the Scottish College. Three years his senior, he is a member of the college cricket team and is among the most popular boys. They date until William arrives (and the rest is history). Today Rupert, a lawyer, and his wife, Lady Natasha Rufus Isaacs, daughter of the Marchioness of Reading, have close ties to the royal family. so much so that they were invited to the wedding of Princess Eugenie.

Henry Ropner, on the other hand, dates Kate during a brief farewell to Prince William in 2007.. Ropner, son of the Baronet Sir John Ropner and heir to a family that owns a £33.7m shipping company, consoles his friend after the breakup of the royal family. “Henry is happy to be around Kate now that she has broken up with William. They met and had a good time. They flirted a lot. Now that he is single, Kate regularly enjoys Henry’s company. was part of William’s circle,” he wrote. Sun while. A buffer story that brought good luck to both: if Kate had her tale, then Henry is happily married to Natasha Sinclair, and together they live in Thorpe Perrow, an imposing estate nestled in the Yorkshire countryside.