Prince William and Kate Middleton are set to celebrate their tenth wedding anniversary a little later this month, but it seems like only yesterday they were married at Westminster Abbey.
The couple has been together for so long, we can hardly remember a time when we weren’t enamoured with their love story.
But in all this time have you ever wondered what happened when the pair first met?
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge discussed the first time they laid eyes on each other at The University of St Andrews during their engagement interview back in 2010.
Kate recalled the moment right away, but William didn’t seem to remember, admitting he’d have to “wrack his brains”.
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It’s fair to say the moment wasn’t as cool as Kate might have hoped.
The Duchess of Cambridge said: “I actually went bright red when I met you and scuttled off feeling very shy about meeting you.
“William wasn’t there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn’t there from Fresher’s Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other.
“But we did become very close friends from quite early on.”
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We’d probably have had a similar reaction to meeting a prince!
During the interview, Kate also addressed a rumour that had been going around at the time, saying she had a poster of William on her bedroom wall at uni.
She quickly put the rumours to bed, saying: “He wishes. I had the Levi guy on my wall, not a picture of William.”
The couple went on to talk about their brief split and explained why it was so important for their relationship.
William said: “We did split up for a bit. We were both very young, it was at university and we were both finding ourselves and being different characters and stuff.
“It was very much trying to find our own way and we were growing up.
“It was just a bit of space. It worked out for the better.”
Kate admitted she wasn’t happy about the break-up at the time, but in hindsight believes it was a good idea.
She added: “At the time I wasn’t very happy about it but actually it made me a stronger person.
“You find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn’t realised.
“I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you’re younger.
“I really valued that time, for me as well, although i didn’t think it at the time.”
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