Prince William and Kate Middleton got married in 2011, ten years after they met at the University of St Andrews. The pair would meet in their first week, and they shared their student hall, St Salvator’s, together. However, William’s determination to attend the historic university went against significant royal tradition.
Katie Nicholl, in her 2010 book “William and Harry”, explores Prince William’s unprecedented decision to study at St Andrews.
Ms Nicholl explains: “While the royal family have traditionally gone to Oxford or Cambridge, Prince William was set on breaking 150 years of tradition by going to Scotland’s oldest university.”
The Fife university was founded in 1409, making it around 609 years old.
Ms Nicholl writes: “[William’s] father, his Uncle Edward and his great-grandfather King George VI had all attended Cambridge.”
Prince William and Queen Elizabeth II (Image: Getty)
Prince William at the University of St Andrews (Image: Getty)
