King Charles III’s Relationship With Daughter-in-Law Princess Kate Through the Years
usmagazine.comNo ordinary in-laws! Princess Kate joined the royal family in April 2011 after her wedding to King Charles III’s eldest son, Prince William.The Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales first met as undergraduate students at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
After becoming close friends, the pair eventually started dating. Amid their courtship, William brought Kate home to meet his family.“It was one thing to be asked to accompany Will on club-hopping excursions in London and Edinburgh.
It was quite another to be invited to Balmoral, which William’s great-great-great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria called ‘this dear Paradise,’” royal expert Christopher Andersen wrote in his 2011 book, William and Kate: A Royal Love Story. “By all accounts, Kate was the first girl Wills ever brought to Balmoral – in large part because, said a royal insider, ‘he must have known how much she would love it.’”According to Andersen’s tome, the Duchess of Cambridge was introduced to William’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September 2022 at the age of 96, and his father, Charles. (His Majesty and late ex-wife Princess Diana were the parents of William and Prince Harry.)“During her first visit to Balmoral, Kate jumped one significant hurdle.
She met Charles,” Andersen wrote, noting that the duchess impressed her future father-in-law thanks to her “assuming grace.”After dating on and off, William popped the question in fall 2010 during their vacation to Kenya.
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