Prince William and Kate Middleton’s love story has lengthy been bought as a modern-day fairy story — college sweethearts turned future king and queen. And for what it is price, it is acquired all the weather of a traditional romance: assembly at college, falling in love, getting married, and making ready for the crown. However no love story this flawless escapes rumors, and one particularly refuses to die: that teenage Kate had a poster of William on her bed room wall earlier than they ever met. Even Netflix sequence “The Crown” leaned into it, and followers ate it up. In spite of everything, what’s extra cute than a normie lady dreaming of marrying a prince, after which really doing it?

Commercial

The one downside, although, is that the poster by no means existed — and Kate herself stated so. Within the couple’s official engagement interview with Good day! Journal, journalist Tom Bradby helped set the report straight. “There is a story that goes round that you just had an image of him in your wall,” he requested, and William jumped in to reply. “There wasn’t only one, there was about ten, 20.” Kate, nevertheless, wasted no time shutting it down. “He needs!” she quipped. “No. No, I had the Levis man on my wall, not an image of William. Sorry!” she stated. And William, in fact, tried saving face, “Effectively, it was me in Levis, clearly!”

So no, teenage Kate wasn’t secretly pining for William and was as an alternative swooning over denim fashions like each different lady her age. Whether or not she had a crush on the prince earlier than they met is anybody’s guess, however what we do know is that this: after they formally met at college, William made the primary transfer — and the remaining is royal historical past.

Commercial

Not solely did Kate Middleton debunk the notorious poster story, however she additionally did not orchestrate her complete tutorial life round chasing a royal. Rumor has it that she gave up a spot on the College of Edinburgh as influenced by her mom, Carole, to enroll at St. Andrews — conveniently the place William was headed — however that idea does not maintain up both. If something, it was William doing the chasing from the beginning.

Commercial

Apparently, it was the now-iconic scholar charity vogue present that did him in. William shelled out £200 for front-row seats and acquired greater than his cash’s price when Kate stepped out in a sheer costume that left little to the creativeness. Legend has it he turned to his buddy and blurted out, “Wow, Fergus, Kate’s scorching!” On the after celebration, William reportedly made his transfer, regardless of the small challenge of Kate already courting fellow scholar Rupert Finch. It did not look like the prince cared. “It was clear to us that William was smitten with Kate,” one in every of their associates advised Vainness Truthful. “He really advised her she was a knockout that evening, which brought on her to blush. There was undoubtedly chemistry between them, and Kate had actually made an impression on William. She performed it very cool, and at one level when William appeared to lean in to kiss her, she pulled away. She did not wish to give off the fallacious impression or make it too simple for Will.”

Commercial

So there you’ve gotten it. Not solely was Kate not pining for William earlier than they met, she did not even chase him after they lastly did. If something, she had him working for it — Levi’s poster, present boyfriend, and all.