Kate Middleton

Non-Public Biography Node
Birthday: January 9, 1982
Age: 30
Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Reading, England
Hometown: London, England
Big Break: Married Prince William
Biography
Catherine Middleton was born on January 9th, 1982 to parents Michael and Carole Middleton in Reading, England.

She attended college at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland where she played hockey for the university, majored in art history and met future husband, Prince William.

After college she went to work at her parents company, a successful multimillion-dollar party supply company called, “Party Pieces.” She was a project manager for the company and worked part-time as a buyer for London clothing store Jigsaw Junior. In 2008 she launched “First Birthdays” a junior line for her parents company, but left the position permanently after her engagement to Prince William was announced.

She married Prince William on April 29, 2011 and became the Duchess of Cambridge.

Did you know…
  • Royal fans nicknamed Kate, “Waitey Kaitey” because her relationship with Prince William lasted so long before they were finally engaged.
  • Kate’s mother was once a flight attendant and her dad a pilot before her parents launched Party Pieces.
  • Lifetime movie, “William & Kate” chronicles Kate and William’s relationship.
  • Kate met Prince William in 2001 at St. Andrews as they lived in the same dorm building. She was dating someone else at the time, so Kate and William did not become romantically involved until 2003 when Kate and William moved into the same apartment together with friends.
  • While in college, Kate appeared in a lingerie fashion show, which Prince William reportedly paid $350 a ticket to sit front row and support his “friend” Kate.
  • Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton in November of 2010 with his late mother’s engagement ring while the couple vacationed in Kenya.
  • Kate Middleton was conferred with the title Duchess of Cambridge, but will not officially be declared a princess until Prince Charles inherits the throne.
  • She was ranked #61 on askmen.com top 99 women of 2011.
  • If Prince William becomes the King of England, Kate will be the first college educated Queen in the History of England.
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Kate Middleton is in rehab. But don’t worry, she’s not battling a K2 Spice/Red Bull addiction, she’s just visiting.

The Duchess has an honorary patronage with an organization called Action on Addiction, and on Thursday, she started her charity work by paying a visit to Clouds House. Clouds House is a drug and alcohol rehab facility in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
First her butt, and now this.

Kate Middleton nabbed the most-wanted Prince in the world, but Pippa Middleton will not be outdone. The famous sister has hooked up with her own royal, George Percy, heir to the Duke of Northumberland. I'm not convinced that title isn't completely made up.

Pippa and George have been longtime friends, as they went to college together.
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It’s a stupid holiday anyway. Totally manufactured by card and candy companies to peddle their crap on us. And if my boyfriend doesn’t get me anything, there will be hell to pay.

Kate Middleton is about to experience her first Valentine’s Day as a wife. Unfortunately, her husband will not be a part of it. The Duchess of Cambridge has a full day of activities planned while William is working in the Falklands.
Ooooh! What is it? Vogue? W? Beautiful Royals Weekly?

Nope, it’s a scouting magazine. As in the girl and boy scouts. Kate Middleton is on the February/March cover of U.K.’s Scouting magazine after performing some volunteer work with the scouts. Those Thin Mints ain’t gonna sell themselves.

“Part of her role as a volunteer is to help out below the radar,” a source tells PEOPLE.
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How dare she.

I guess because she had her fill of the Royals over the holidays, Kate Middleton decided to go on vacation without any of them.

On Wednesday, Kate flew first class from London’s Gatwick Airport to the Caribbean island country of St. Lucia with her parents, Mike and Carole Middleton. Her siblings, Pippa and James were also there.

But who was missing? None other than Prince William. Most likely because...
Aside from being dubbed The Royal Hotness, Pippa Middleton is famous for being “the next best thing to Kate Middleton.” Let’s call it what it is.

Paparazzi cannot stalk Kate Middleton because she’s surrounded by a royal security team, but her sister is free game.

Apparently the collective UK paparazzi take about 300 to 400 pictures per day of Pippa! Is she that cool? I mean, she’s got a great ass...
Halle Berry is engaged, in case you didn't know. Her actor beau Olivier Martinez popped the question over the Holidays, but what you really need to take from this story is that the engagement ring is green. It's a diamond-and-emerald ring designed by Jeweler Gurhan, but really, it's a mood ring.

Halle Berry isn't the first celeb to get a colorful engagement ring. Call it tacky or call it festive, these are the celebs who thought it was a good idea to put a colorful sparkler on their ring finger.

Jessica Simpson: Jessica Simpson, who is most definitely the most classy lady in Hollywood ("Is this tuna or chicken?!") has a red engagement ring. The Neil Lane designed ruby red ring is flanked by two diamonds and is estimated to cost around $100,000.
Before you get too excited, I should tell you, the most interesting thing on here is Vegemite.

Prince Charles’ office just released a list of all the gifts that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge received during their travels in 2011. Most of it is hats, but there are a few other items.

Some highlights include: soap, sports jerseys, a sleeping bag, porcelain dolls, and mosquito traps.
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Now these are my kind of Royals. Kate Middleton turns 30 today, and how did she spend her last night as a 29-year-old? On the red carpet, no less. There will be NO tea and crumpets for this modern royal couple.

Kate stepped out to her first film premiere ever to see “War Horse,” which is SUCH a royal movie to see. The films actors are British and Royal people love horses, I mean, regular people like horses too, but Prince William
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I'm no house expert or nothin', but this kind of seems counterproductive.

Updated security measures have been made to Prince William and Kate's Kensington Palace home, and the blueprints for those measures have been made available for public viewing by request of the local council.

But it's not like they just put an ADT sign on the front lawn, these are serious security measures.

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