Did Kate and William live together before they married?

Ahead of their wedding, William was still completing his Royal Air Force training in Anglesey, and so Kate moved in with him during this time. The pair shared a four-bedroom farmhouse on the Bodorgan Estate, that came complete with its own private beach.
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Can Royals live together before marriage?

Prince William and Kate Middleton were the first royal couple to live together before marriage. After a brief 2007 breakup, Kate and William reunited. In 2010, Kate moved to Anglesey, Wales to live with William while he trained to become a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot.
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How long have Kate and William been together before marriage?

After seven years of dating, Prince William romantically proposed to Kate on Safari in Kenya. The couple shared the happy news one month later in November 2010.
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Where did Kate and William live before marriage?

Prior to her marriage, Middleton lived in an apartment owned by her parents in Chelsea, London alongside her sister, which was estimated to be worth £1–1.4 million. In 2018, Catherine's total net worth was estimated at £5–7.3 million, most of which is from her parents' company.
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What does Kate call the Queen?

Queen Elizabeth II. In an interview in April 2016 to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday, Kate Middleton revealed a sweet detail about her eldest son's relationship with his great grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. "George is only two-and-a-half and he calls her Gan-Gan," Kate said.
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Why was Diana a princess but Kate is not?

Even though Kate's mother-in-law was legendary 'Princess Diana', she is not a princess just because she married Prince William. To become a Princess, one has to be born into the Royal Family such as Prince William and Kate's daughter, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
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Do you have to be a virgin to marry a royal?

“There is no rule that the royal bride has to be a virgin, and there never has been,” said Noel Cox, a law professor and royal scholar at Aberystwyth University in Wales.
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Did William and Kate live together?

Even after their wedding, the pair continued to live at the beautiful property following their wedding, and were living there when they welcomed their first child, Prince George. But months after welcoming the young prince, the family relocated to their current home.
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Did William and Kate live together at uni?

Both Prince William and Kate lived in St Salvators Hall of Residence in their first year of university at St Andrews, which is where they met.
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Does Prince William love Kate?

The Duke of Cambridge shared a sweet sentiment about his wife of 10 years during an outing to celebrate St. David's Day. After a decade of marriage, Prince William is still head over heels for Kate Middleton—and he just said the sweetest thing about her to fans. During a recent outing in Wales in honor of St.
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Why did William take so long to marry Kate?

So why did he refuse to marry Kate, earlier? It was reportedly all because of his parents. In her book, The Making of a Royal Romance, royal expert Katie Nicholl claims William vowed he would never be pressured into marriage before he was ready.
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How many brides are virgins?

By the 2010s, only 5 percent of new brides were virgins. At the other end of the distribution, the number of future wives who had ten or more sex partners increased from 2 percent in the 1970s to 14 percent in the 2000s, and then to 18 percent in the 2010s.
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Who is Queen Elizabeth's Favourite grandchild?

LADY LOUISE is said to be the Queen's "favourite" grandchild and one astrology expert reveals why. Lady Louise Wessex is the elder child of Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
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What song did Prince William and Kate walk down the aisle to?

The ceremony ended at 12:15 p.m. when Kate and Will recessed to the song Crown Imperial by William Walton—which was also played at Princess Diana and Prince Charles 1981 wedding.
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Does anyone live in Kensington Palace?

Today Kensington Palace contains the offices and London residences of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It also contains the offices and residences of The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke and Duchess of Kent and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.
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Can a member of the British royal family marry a Catholic?

Prince George, or indeed any other royal, is now allowed to marry a Catholic, thanks to the Succession to the Crown Act passed in February this year. British royalty have always been allowed to marry Muslims, Jews or Hindus, but marrying Catholics has been banned since 1701.
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Can Royals only marry royals?

Royal marriages to commoners historically have been uncommon because traditions have been established of Royals, especially high-level ones, only marrying other persons considered to be royalty, sometimes with penalties for royals who married far below their rank, deemed morganatic marriage.
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Do princesses have to be virgin?

Luckily for her, she had one less rule to follow: the virginity rule. The UK royal bride's virginity rule suggested that women had to be virgins before marrying a royal, which was the case when Princess Diana married Prince Charles in 1981.
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Why do royals sleep in separate beds?

Prince Philip's cousin, Lady Pamela, explained in Sally's biography: “In England, the upper class always have had separate bedrooms. You don't want to be bothered with snoring or someone flinging a leg around. Then when you are feeling cozy you share your room sometimes. It is lovely to be able to choose.”
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Did the Queen bow to Diana's coffin?

The coffin then passed Buckingham Palace where members of the Royal Family were waiting outside. Queen Elizabeth II bowed her head as it went by. More than one million people lined the streets of London, and flowers rained down onto the cortège from bystanders.
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What happens to Kate if William dies?

When her husband King George VI died in 1952 she was officially re-styled Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. If William dies before Kate and their son Prince George becomes king, Kate will then become the Queen Mother.
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Why doesn't Prince William wear a wedding ring?

Speaking at the time of his wedding, a Palace insider said: "He's not one for jewellery. He's never worn any. He decided he didn't want to wear one now. It's all down to personal preference."
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What happens if you don't curtsy to the Queen?

Most royal family fans on the forum Quora believe that nothing will happen to the person who doesn't feel like bowing or curtsying to Queen Elizabeth. “Nothing, absolutely nothing.
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