Kate Middleton is 35 years old: little-known facts about the Duchess of Cambridge

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On January 9, the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton turns 35 years old.

In honor of her birthday edition HELLO collected some interesting facts about her, many of which are unknown to the general public.

Kate was born in the family of the air traffic controller and flight attendants of the British airlines Michael and Carol Middleton in the small town of Reading. She has a younger sister Philip (Pippa) and brother James.

Little Kate was called Squeak. Communicating with British schoolchildren, the Duchess recalled that as a child she had 2 guinea pigs: one was named Pipp, in honor of her sister Pippa, and the other was Squeak, because it was her, Kate, pet nickname.

The future duchess studied at 2 schools, including one of the most expensive private colleges in the country, Marlborough College. Classmates recalled that she was “ordinary, hardworking, athletic and sociable.”

Even though Catherine is the wife of a prince, she cannot be called “Princess Catherine” because she is not of royal blood. Only if William is “promoted” to Prince of Wales (the title of heir to the throne currently held by his father, Charles), will Catherine be able to follow her husband as Princess of Wales.

If the Queen passes the throne to William rather than her heir apparent, Prince Charles, Kate will be known as "Her Majesty Queen Consort Catherine VI."

On her mother's side, the Duchess's origins are quite proletarian. Her family included miners, builders, butchers, plasterers, bakers and servants. But the duchess’s father has a “richer” pedigree. Biographers, having set a goal, managed to find even viscounts and baronets among Michael’s distant ancestors. Moreover, through “fifths or tenths” of a generation, the Middletons and Windsors had a common relative - King Edward III (1312-1377).

Kate has compromising relatives with whom the Duchess does not communicate: her uncle Gary Goldsmith, who served a prison sentence for drug possession, and her second cousin, a stripper who performs under the name Katrina Darling.

Kate had to wait 9 years for a marriage proposal. They met William in 2001 at the University of St. Andrews and began dating in 2003. In the press, Kate was nicknamed Waity Katie (“Waiting Katie”).

It is believed that Katherine owes her successful marriage to her mother. Allegedly, it was Carol Middleton who insisted on choosing St. Andrews University, where her daughter could meet her heir. And in 2007, when William left Kate, Carol advised her not to give up and go to parties to cause the prince's jealousy. In the month of 3, the lovers were reunited.

Having married William at the age of 29, the Duchess became the oldest royal bride in British history.

Kate did not throw the bridal bouquet from the lilies of the valley into the crowd of unmarried girlfriends, but, according to tradition, at the end of the festivities she laid on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Westminster Abbey.

When William is not around, the commoner Kate is obliged to curtsy before all princes and princesses of blood. However, in practice, this rule is not respected, and the duchess does not have to bow to anyone except the queen and her husband, the duke of Edinburgh.

According to insiders, Catherine calls William “Big Willie,” and he calls her “baby.”

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Catherine’s responsibilities in her “post” as duchess include not only accompanying her husband and raising his heirs, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The Duchess is an official ambassador for the British Olympic and Paralympic teams, a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, and 7 charities.

At the end of 2015, Elizabeth II's husband, Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, appointed Catherine Honorary Commander of the British Royal Air Force Cadet Corps, a post he himself held for more than 60 years.

Kate's gray hair was noticed when she was expecting her first child, Prince George. The Duchess's "sloppiness" drew disapproval from critics. It turned out that Kate refused to dye it on purpose, since, according to some experts, it could provoke cancer in the unborn child. By the way, during her second pregnancy, Kate began to turn gray again.

Kate's smile is called perfect. However, it turns out that her perfect teeth are not a gift from nature, but are largely due to the French dentist Didier Fillon, the creator of the “harmonious asymmetry” technique. Didier deliberately makes his teeth slightly imperfect so that they do not look “Hollywood” - smooth and uniform, like white piano keys.

Kate's neat nose has inspired many women in the UK and US to change the shape of their own organ of smell. After the wedding of William and Kate in 2011, there was a real boom in operations in the United States, which began to be called “royal rhinoplasty.”

In her youth, Kate played tennis, swimming, athletics, netball (a type of basketball), and hockey.

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