Duchess Kate only had one other boyfriend before she got with Prince William?

The Daily Mail has a sprinkling of newish details about Duchess Kate and Prince William. Youll remember, its The Mails Katie Nicholl who has a new book about Kate, but The Mail (in general) has very good (re: Middleton) sources. Unfortunately, Katie Nicholl sort of gave away the biggest conspiracy early on, the one about

The Daily Mail has a sprinkling of newish details about Duchess Kate and Prince William. You’ll remember, it’s The Mail’s Katie Nicholl who has a new book about Kate, but The Mail (in general) has very good (re: Middleton) sources. Unfortunately, Katie Nicholl sort of gave away the biggest conspiracy early on, the one about Kate meeting Prince William before university and how Kate had basically stalked William for two years before he finally noticed her. So what other gems does The Mail have? Hint: it involves Kate’s attempt to mean-girl anyone related to Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. And it involves wigs. Some highlights:

*When William and Kate broke up in 2007, William tried to make Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe his new girlfriend, but she wasn’t into it. William was said to be quite taken with her and that worried Kate. When Kate and William got back together, Nicholl says Kate “made it a condition that William cease contact with Isabella.” I think this is also the reason that Kate seems so anti-Cressida. Cressida is Isabella’s half-sister. Awkward!

*Before Kate and William got engaged, back in 2010, they wore “Day-Glo comedy afro wigs” to watch Toy Story 3 in Wales. It was for charity…? A source told The Mail: “They turned up in fancy dress and wore big afro wigs. Prince William’s was purple if I remember rightly. No one knew they were coming until they turned up, and they said they were wearing the wigs for charity. Although they were trying to be incognito, people recognised them instantly — but no one would have dreamed of taking a photograph. That’s just not the way things are done on Anglesey.”

*Remember this? “William openly shared the [Anglesey] house with Kate even before their marriage, although she retained her London pied-a-terre for the sake of appearances.” I remember that. I always thought that was one of the main reasons why William decided to propose – because the Queen was not pleased that William had asked Kate to move in with him in Anglesey and the Queen was trying to shut it down.

*Local Anglesey resident Lesley Matthews, 65, recalled: “I saw William jogging on his own several times near our farm. He would wave and say hello, even though he must have run for several miles. He and Kate would go pheasant shooting once a month, when he had a day off. My grandson would regularly see them there. They were always very friendly, asking how we were.’

*Will and Kate’s Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace has been “filled with some of the choicest antiques from the Royal Collection (the Queen gave her granddaughter-in-law carte blanche to borrow whatever took her fancy).”

*Kate shops at a store called Homebase: “Among her most recent purchases were a £9.99 red felt cushion with the word ‘Love’ embroidered across the front, a £22.99 faux leather letter tray and a £10.99 magazine file.”

*Kate does her own fish-shopping: ‘She liked a bit of salmon fillet or cod loin,’ observed one shopkeeper. ‘She always asked what was fresh that day, and always about the price. I got the impression that she was quite careful with her money.’

[From The Mail]

Katie Nicholl has also been telling outlets that Kate only really had one big romance before she and William started up – apparently, the guy’s name was Harry (hm!) and he dumped her just before her last year of high school (prep school or whatever). She was apparently “devastated” and she swore off men. Except that timeline makes it sound like she was devastated and so she decided to throw herself in Prince William’s path over and over. And Nicholl also claims that William was the first guy she dated at University, but wasn’t the Official Middleton Line that Kate had a boyfriend her first year and that William pursued her before her relationship was over? Funny how these stories keep changing and changing.

Since Will and Kate are pretty much moved out of their Anglesey home now, photographers and newspapers are finally publishing photos of their little rental cottage. I’m including some pics below.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and PCN.

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