Shocking details concerning William's 'fake engagement' with first girlfriend are revealed

 

Prior to Kate Middleton, Prince William had another girlfriend and was even said to have had a "pretend engagement" with her.

Prince William and Kate Middleton met in 2001 when both attending St Salvator's Hall at the University of St Andrews. Their relationship began as a close friendship before developing into a love on-off romance that resulted in their engagement in October 2010 and marriage in April 2011, according to Mirror.

However, before this, William had another significant love relationship. He dated Jecca Craig, a childhood acquaintance, when they were teenagers. The two became so close that William spent a portion of his gap year on Jecca's family estate in Kenya.

Despite courtiers' protestations that they were only friends, rumors about their connection continued. Jecca attended William's 21st birthday celebration in the UK, which also included Kate Middleton.

Although William was secretly seeing Kate at the time, he publicly pretended to be unmarried and focused his attention on Jecca throughout the party.

Kate, who was invited as a friend, was seated distant from the main event. Despite this, there was no hatred between the two ladies; Jecca subsequently attended Kate and William's wedding, and she married zoologist Professor Jonathan Baillie.

It is widely known that Prince William and Kate Middleton's romance bloomed throughout their undergraduate years.

Their relationship was allegedly initiated after William encountered Kate at a charity fashion presentation, when she wore a see-through garment. This connection has been shown in a variety of media, notably Netflix's miniseries The Crown.

However, according to Robert Jobson's latest book, Catherine, The Princess of Wales: The Biography, the couple met years before at school—William at Eton College and Kate at Marlborough College.