Kungekude kudlulileyo kwaziwa ukuba ngaphambi kokuba iNkosana uWilliam oyintanda ibe yindoda yaseCambridge, ilungu lentsapho yasebukhosini, wayehlala njengomsindisi wenene.
UKate wazalwa eBerkshire, eNgilandi. Wahlala apho kwindlu enkulu yelizwe, ubuhle bakhe bufana nebhotwe lenene.
Iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokuba intombi ibonakale, abazali bexesha elizayo, uMichael noCarol Middleton, bathengise le propati ebomvu yendawo enezitena ezine kunye nekhitshi yaseVictoria. Xa uKate eneminyaka emibili ubudala, intsapho yafudukela e-Amman, eJordan, apho uyise wayesebenza njengomlawuli wendlela yokuqhuba i-air kwiibhendi zaseBrithani.
Ngomnyaka we-1986, iMiddletons yabuyela ezweni lakubo kunye neminyaka embalwa kamva, ngenxa yemisebenzi enenzuzo yeenkampani ze-Party Pieces ye-mail order, ithola indawo ye-Oak Acre ye-£ 250,000. Ubuhle bezitezi ezimbini kunye neendawo zokulala ezinhlanu zenziwe ngesitayela saseTudor.
Olunye ubungqina obucacileyo bokuthi ngaphambi komtshato, uKathy Middleton wayehlala njengomnyankosi owenene. Ngoko, waya esikolweni sabucala sase-St. Andrew's (St. Andrew's), apho waqhelana nomyeni wakhe wexesha elizayo xa yena, kunye nabafundi beziko lemfundo elisondeleyo uLudgrove beza kudlala iHockey.
Ngo-1996, uKate nodadewabo omncinci uPippa bangena kwiKholeji yaseMarlborough. Ngokuba namhlanje kufakwe uluhlu lweziko eliphezulu zemfundo ephakamileyo kakhulu kwilizwe.
Kwaye ngo-2012, abazali bakhe bafumana isakhiwo kwisiGeorgia, esithi "iBucklebury Manor" (iBucklebury Manor). Ngalobu buhle kwakukho iihektha ezili-18 zomhlaba, inkundla yentenethi kunye nedama lokubhukuda. Ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwePrince George, uKeith noWilliam behlala nabazali bakhe kule ndlu iinyanga eziliqela. Kwakhona apha, kwintsimi emva kwendlu, isalathisi sokuqala esisemthethweni sentsapho yasebukhosini yabhalwa.
Ngoko, kubonakala ngathi, iindaba zobomi malunga neCinderella ngeli xesha kwakuyingqina!