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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Aside from being a member of the Royal family, Prince William is a member of the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue team, but apparently his current tour will end mid-next year and he needs to figure out what career to take on next.

So, like, not being a Prince anymore?

This is like a royal quarter-life crisis! Maybe he can dabble in improv comedy and start a food blog!

A palace spokesman says William, 29, has until mid 2013 to figure out what he’s going to do.
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Last week the Tanorexic mom made headlines for looking like a real-life piece of beef jerky.

The New Jersey woman, Patricia Krentcil, was accused of taking her daughter to a tanning salon and now the woman has been banned from most NJ tanning salons.

Legal mumbo jumbo aside, the woman is a walking slim Jim, the crayola lady, she looks like a leather belt with glued on googly eyed…do you get the picture?

Too bad, these Hollywood stars aren’t that far off.
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Last April, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding beamed into the homes of over two billion television viewers. This year, on the weekend of their first anniversary, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were quietly caught up in another wedding. This time in an English country church, People Magazine reports.

A far cry from Westminster Abby, the low-key wedding at St. Andrew’s church in the village of Wingfield, Suffolk involved the joining of Robert
This time last year, the world breathlessly awaited the April 29th nuptials of England’s Prince William and the stunning Catherine Middleton.

On Sunday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will celebrate their one-year anniversary but don’t expect the pomp and circumstance of last year’s Westminster Abbey ceremony that drew 2 billion viewers on TV and a million people on the streets of London.
How could you guys do this to Kate Middleton? Oh, wait.

Rumor has it--all the rumors about Kate are making Kate sad. Specifically, the pregnancy talk is really starting to take its toll.

"The constant rumors about Kate being pregnant, or not being pregnant, make her feel uncomfortable," a source close to Middleton tells Us Weekly.

But this is a chick who was once given the nickname "Waity Katy." I'm pretty sure she's learned how to deal with her name in headlines by this point.
Apparently, there was a rumor that Kate Middleton is pregnant, but don't get too excited, because it's not true.

"Kate is not pregnant or about to make a pregnancy announcement," a source told Us Weekly.

Kate has been skiing in France and was also spotted drinking on St. Patrick's Day recently, so yeah. She's either not pregnant, or the worst mom ever.

Pregnancy rumors first started in November, when Kate refused to eat a peanut paste while visiting Denmark
What, Buckingham Palace ain’t good enough for you?

Prince Harry just returned home after his Caribbean and Brazilian tour, and he’s moved in to the Kensington Palace compound, which is where his Prince William and Kate also live.

This is going to be like a British ‘You, Me, and Dupree’, isn’t it?
Yeah, we’re still unofficially calling them Prince William and Kate. I don’t think the Brits like it, but guys, it could be worse. We could give them a cheesy celebrity couple name.

Kate Middleton’s parents, Carole and Michael, have taken their daughter and Prince William, along with their son, James, on a skiing trip.
So THAT’S what her voice sounds like.

After being a royal for almost a year, Kate Middleton is finally giving a speech! Middleton gave an public speech at the opening of the East Anglia Children’s hospice Treehouse center and let me just say that she sounds exactly like that chick from Harry Potter!

Her short speech was sweet and to the point and everyone seemed to be thrilled by her appearance.
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