PROFESSION-Duchess of Cambridge,Accessories buyer and   Philanthropist

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton known as Catherine,Duchess of Cambridge is the spouse of Prince William; Duke of Cambridge.She is a member of British Royal Family. Kate and Prince William met while both were attending the University of St. Andrews. They were engaged in 2010 and married in April 2011.She is a native of Berkshire,England.

CHILDHOOD

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on 09 January 1982.She has two siblings James and Philippa better known as Pippa Middleton. In 1987, her parents Carole and Michael Middleton founded a private venture Party Pieces apparently a mail order company that sells party supplies and decorations. Its estimated worth is $ 50 million.

EDUCATION

She went to St. Andrews Prep School and Down House. She attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire where she studied chemistry,biology and art at A- level  and left it in July 2000.In 2001 she enrolled at University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland and graduated MA (2:1 Hons) in the History of Art in 2005.

JOB

In November 2006, Middleton was finally appointed  as an assistant accessories buyer in the British clothing chain Jigsaw in London. But later on it was reported that she left the company in order to study portrait photography.

In 2010, it was revealed that Middleton had been working on plans to start a new bakery business with her brother, James, who ran The Cake Kit Company. The business had the goal of encouraging kids to cook and making it easier to bake party cakes.But she didn’t do so due to some personal problem.

RELATIONSHIP WITH PRINCE WILLIAM OF WALES

In 2001, Middleton became a student at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.While in her first year at the university, Middleton was placed in the dormitory St. Salvators Hall—the same building as then Prince William of Wales. The couple began dating in the early 2002 and kept it  secret.But in 2004, Kate was caught by paparazzi while on a royal family ski trip. In February 2006, it was announced that Middleton would receive her own 24-hour security detail from the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department.

BREAKUP AND PATCH UP

In April 2007 Prince William and Middleton broke up. The couple decided to break up during a holiday in the Swiss.

After sometime the couple were  seen together  on a number of occasions and news sources stated that they had “rekindled their relationship”.They further carried on together happily.

FROM COMMONER TO ROYAL

On November 16, 2010, Middleton and Prince William announced their engagement to the pulic. The prince proposed during a vacation to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, he presented Kate the engagement ring that had belonged to his late mother Diana,Princess of Wales.

Shortly before the wedding, Queen Elizabeth conferred Kate with the title of Catherine, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. They tied the knot in Westminister Abbey on April 29,2011. It is marked as St. Catherine’s Day with the day declared a national holiday in the United Kingdom.

ROYAL MOTHER

On December 3,2012 St. James Palace officially announced that Kate Middleton was pregnant as on the same day of the announcement, Middleton with Prince William  was hospitalized at King Edward VII hospital in London with acute morning sickness. On 14 January 2013, St James’s Palace announced that the child was due to be born in July 2013.

The Duchess was admitted to St Mary’s Hospital in London in the early stages of labour on  22 July 2013, and gave birth to a baby boy. On 24 July 2013, Kensington Palace announced that the baby would be named George Alexander Louis.

ASSETS

PALACE-

Kate Middleton lives in Kensington Palace which is located in Kensington Garden,London,England

CARS-

Middleton  owns  Audi A3 which is metallic black in color. She reached the venue of her royal wedding with Prince William accompanied by her father in a metallic black Rolls-Royce Phantom VI.Kate owns a black Ranger Rover sports car.

BLUE BLOOD DUTIES- PATRONAGES AND PHILANTHROPY

In March 2011, William and Catherine set up a gift fund held by The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry to allow well-wishers who want to give them a wedding gift to donate money to charities they care about instead.On 29 September 2011, the Duchess officially became a patron of The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry.

In June 2012,The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry was renamed The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, to reflect Catherine’s contribution to the charity. In November 2011, April 2012, and November 2012, she and the Duke attended the biannual Princes’ Charities Forum, which unites the various charitable interests of the two princes.

The Duchess support charities The Art Room, National Portrait Gallery, London East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice, Action on Addiction, Place2be, Natural History Museum and Sportsaid.

Middleton supports a PeacePlayers International charity.She also supports a NGO 100 Women in Hedge Funds.

QUOTES

• “I really hope I can make a difference. Even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.”

• “By far, the best dressing-up outfit I ever wore was a pair of clown dungarees, which my granny made. They were white with big red spots, and she used a hula hoop for the waistband—genius.
  

• “oh my gosh,you do it better than me.Have you been practicing?[said to a 13 year old girl showing off her british accent]
• “[Prince Charles] was very, very friendly; very welcoming.”
• “Over the years, William has really looked after me.

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Profession: Duke of Cambridge, officer in Royal Air Force

Introduction:

William Arthur Philip Louis better known as Prince William was born on 21^st June 1982 in St Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom. He was born to the late Princess Diana and Prince Charles. William holds several royal titles like the “Earl of Strathearn”, “Baron Carrickfergus” and “Duke of Cambridge”. Prince William is the second in line to inherit the British throne.

Education and Career:

William started his schooling at Jane Mynors’ nursery school and the pre-preparatory school both in London. After that he attended Ludgrove School and was privately tutored during summers. There he participated in football along with swimming, basketball, clay pigeon shooting, and cross country running. After which William got admitted to Eton College where he studied geography, biology and history of art obtaining an A in geography, a C in biology and a B in history of art.

After completion of his studies Prince William took a year gap and joined British Army in Belize, worked in English dairy farms, taught children and did many day to day life activities. He also lived with other young teachers, sharing in the common household chores, including cleaning the toilet, and also volunteered as the guest radio jockey for the local radio station. Later he earned a degree in subject geography from university of St Andrews and is going to earn Scottish Master of Arts Degree. Currently Prince  has left the army and has comeback to take charge of royal duties and take care of his country men’s need.

Personal Life:

Prince William is a descendant of William the Conqueror (first king of Norman England) after many male and females who have taken the thrown. He is therefore also a descendant of Charlemagne.

Prince Williams parents got divorced in 1996 and his mother Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in 1997. It was a big disaster for William and his brother Harry  to endure and overcome the intense media interest followed by the death and funeral of Princess Diana

William, who is considered one of the world’s most eligible bachelors, his relationship with his long-term girlfriend Catherine (Kate) Middleton whom he met at University in 2001 was closely noticed by the people. Kate is from a middle class background family with no titled connections. Before they became each others and got married their 9 year of relationship had to pass through many difficult circumstances like threat of legal action over harassment from press and breakup news of the couple for few months in 2007.

Prince William is reported to have asked Kate to marry him during a holiday in Kenya after which the engagement was announced on 16^th November 2010 and the engagement ring  given by Williams to Kate was the ring of Williams late mother, Diana’s ring. The couple got married on 29 April 2011 in Westminster Abbey. Prince William and Catherine were made Duke and Duchess of Cambridge by the Queen on their marriage. They live in North Wales where Prince William was a serving helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force. The couple had their first official Royal Tour to Canada in July 2011, and they went to places like Malaysia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu which was the part of Queen’s Jubilee celebrations in 2012. Prince Williams marriage to commoner Kate Middleton has became famous by the name as the wedding of the century. The couple has a baby boy named Prince George, who was born on 22^nd July 2013. The baby is born with the silver spoon and is expected to inherit $1 billion just after his birth.

Earnings and Financial details:

The Prince by his birth in the British Royal Family has always enjoyed a privileged existence. Prince William was a serving Helicopter Pilot of search and rescue of the Royal Air Force as a flight lieutenant. His salary is around $61,388. However the vast majority of his money comes from an inheritance from his mother, Princess Diana, which she has left for him and his brother. Ever since he has turned 21, he had access to the $450,000-per-year investment profit off of the $10 million what his mother has left for him. Once he had turned 30, he is able to access the entire $10 million.

Also a large part of his estimated net worth of $40 million comes inherited from his family which owns several expensive items like jewelry, art objects and paintings along with stock market holdings valued at billions of dollars. Prince William receives a decent percentage of a privy purse estimated to be in the region of $90 million funded by the UK taxpayer. Also Prince Williams Ducati 1198 motorcycle has made him earn nearly about $33,000. Also a lot of income is getting added to his earnings through all the money invested in properties like houses, resorts hotels etc. which is not held by him but is under the royal family’s name.

Luxurious Life:

William’s royal status enables him to lead a very luxurious lifestyle. The Prince mostly resides in the iconic Kensington Palace in London which is his designated official home. William loves to spend quality time with his wife and use his spare time to go for vacation and holiday destinations like France. He is an avid biker and loves to go on long bike rides in his Ducati super bike 1198. A Rolls Royce car serves as William’s official car. He is a sports enthusiast and loves playing polo and watching his favorite football club Aston Villa in action. William is actively involved with several philanthropic causes, is a part of several associations which help mankind and also has started his own NGO, “The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry” with the stated aim to extend help to underprivileged people. William has also done stellar work to help out the unfortunate victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton definitely redefined the word ‘special’ in this quote in terms of grandeur and cost.

Catherine Middleton and Prince William on the wedding day

The royal wedding, held on 29th April 2011, was the third most expensive wedding in the history with the total bill coming to over $ 34 million. Here is a summary of the Royal Wedding.

Prince William, the groom, is the oldest son of Prince Charles and the second in line to the throne of England. Catherine (or Kate) Middleton, the bride, was a commoner who has now become a worldwide celebrity. They had met during their undergrads in St. Andrews. Thus began the courtship of the soon-to-be royal couple.

THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE RING

Princess Kate and Late Princess Diana wearing the ring

The couple got engaged on a private holiday trip to Kenya in October 2010. The special ring exchanged had a special history of its own. The ring given by Prince William was the same engagement ring that his father had given to William’s mother, Princess Diana. It is an 18-carat White gold ring with a 12-carat Sapphire and 14 round Diamonds. The estimated price of the ring in 2011 was $ 136,000. But it was, of course, free!

GUEST LIST OF THE WEDDING

The celebration on the streets

Three sets of guest lists were prepared in name of the Queen of England. The first list, consisting of about 1,900 people, attended the wedding ceremony; the second list of approximately 600 people were invited to the lunch reception at Buckingham Palace, hosted by the Queen; and the final list, of about 300, was for the evening dinner hosted by the Prince of Wales.

Most of the guests to attend the wedding were family members and friends of the couple. Also, there were a significant number of leaders, heads of government, diplomats and military officials.

The couple also wanted the public to be deeply involved in the celebration of their union. So they invited 100 guests from the public which were to be randomly chosen.

And obviously the general public (minus the lucky 100 guests) rejoiced the event on the streets. Who needs an invitation to celebrate?

THE ROYAL COST OF THE WEDDING

-         The wedding cake: it was an eight-tiered cake with an elaborate floral pattern and a price tag of $ 80,000. And that wasn’t enough! The groom had another cake also, made according to his preference.
The wedding cake

-         The wedding ring: a modest $ 11,000 simple, elegant, gold band was presented to the bride by the prince at the wedding.

-         The bridal gown: a white, beautiful and elegant gown was worn by Catherine Middleton for her dream day. The simple, yet pricey, $ 434,000 dress was designed by Sarah Burton, a London-based designer.
Catherine Middleton’s wedding dress

-         The wedding flowers: $ 800,000 were spent on flowers to decorate the Westminster Abbey and the Buckingham Palace.

-         The reception: the queen hosted a Lunch Reception for 600 guests and a Dinner Reception for 300. The cost of both the parties was $ 600,000.

-         Security: most of the wedding cost was towards the security. After all it was the question of the royal family’s security and a matter of national pride. The security operations called for thousands of guards to line the streets from Westminster Abbey to the Buckingham Palace. With $ 32 million spent on security, the wedding was the most expensive security event staged in Britain.

Cleaning up the mess was also royally expensive! An estimated $ 64,000 was spent on cleaning up after the ceremony and the procession.

(Just in case, if you want to compare; the average expense on an average wedding in UK would be around $ 30,000.)

THE EXOTIC HONEYMOON

The couple after marriage

The couple chose a tropical island in Seychelles as their honeymoon getaway. The week-long trip started in a private jet to the tropical mainland followed by a helicopter ride to the small island. The cost has been estimated to be over $ 6,000 per night.

THE REAL COST

Love is blind and the real cost of the wedding was blinding. The royal wedding cost the general public too. The bank holiday itself led to a loss of £ 5 billion in production, as per the CBI. A part of the actual wedding expenses was borne by both the families but the other part came out of the public purse.

On the other hand, predictions were also made about the benefit of this wedding to Britain in terms of increase in tourism, image formation, boost to the wedding industry, sale of merchandise etc.

A NOBLE GESTURE BY THE COUPLE

The couple asked that donations be made to charities in place of traditional wedding gifts. They established The Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton Charitable Gift Fund, which focuses on assisting charities.

The $ 34 million spent on the wedding may seem like a big deal but it was not the most expensive wedding in the history. Prince William’s parents had the most extravagant wedding ever. The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana in 1981 cost around $ 110 million (current value). It seems that the children are more frugal than the parents. And one doesn’t expect anything less. It was a Royal Wedding after all.

With all this said, a marriage can’t be valued by the expenses incurred on it. After all, the royal love is priceless.

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