Princess Kate is thought to have attended the same gap year program in South America just weeks before Prince William . Many will know the story of how the Prince and Princess of Wales met during their first few weeks at St Andrew's University in Scotland . During their engagement interview on ITV in 2010, Kate recalled how she went "bright red" and "scuttled off" when she encountered the young, dashing prince for the first time.
But it would appear the pair had a mystery link before they even met. After finishing A-Levels , Kate visited the Italian city of Florence to study art history before heading to Chile. In a bizarre coincidence, it also emerged that William attended the same program in South America just a few weeks prior.
Tina Brown, who wrote The Palace Papers in 2022, said that Kate had a "Zelig-like ability to keep appearing on the edges of William's life". Nowhere was this more apparent than when the pair flirted around each other while at St Andrew's. According to Katie Nicholl's 2010 book, William and Harry, the heir reportedly noticed Kate the moment he arrived at the prestigious Scottish university.
The lads in William's St Salvator's dorm, which was nicknamed "Sally's", had hailed Kate as the prettiest girl in the first year. Both William and Kate were studying art history and would mysteriously bump into each other. Over time, the pair learned they had a lot of common ground, including swimming and skiing.
A couple of weeks into the term, the pair had break.