This is when Prince William realised he wanted to marry Kate Middleton - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity This is when Prince William realised he wanted to marry Kate Middleton By You Magazine - March 12, 2019 Ah, the course of true love never did run smooth, even when you’re actual royalty – but Prince William and Kate Middleton’s story is pretty darn close to the full fairytale. After meeting at the University of St Andrews, where William studied geography and Kate, art history, the pair dated for nine years before William proposed. And, minor blip with a brief separation in 2007 aside, they seem to have been a picture perfect couple throughout. Getty Images However, according to a royal biography from the archives that’s recently come back into the public eye thanks to Marie Claire, there was a particular moment when William became sure that Kate was definitely The One: when they moved to a ‘very romantic’ beachside house in Anglesey, Wales, where William was working for the Air Ambulance service as a search and rescue pilot. According to Kate: A Biography, a book written in 2013 by Maria Moody, the duo lived in a state of ‘domestic bliss’, with Kate looking after ‘everything related to their home.’ Getty Images ‘[They] had spoken of marriage and they knew it was on the cards but it hadn’t been the right time, until now,’ the author detailed. ‘Unlike other royals before him, William employed no domestic staff and Kate took care of it all…’ ‘They both knew what was coming and knew that, although many good things would follow, it would also mean a life of increasing duty and less time to themselves.’ Getty Images William eventually got down on one knee during a holiday in Kenya in October 2010, using his late mother Diana’s sapphire ring as ‘a way of making sure [she] didn’t miss out on the excitement.’ The couple then tied the knot on 29 April 2011, in a stunning ceremony watched by 23 million people around the world, and their happily ever after didn’t end there. They’ve since welcomed three adorable little ones – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – and are set to celebrate their eight wedding anniversary next month. Aww! RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved