When did Prince William and Kate Middleton tell the royal family that they were engaged?

We return to the relationship between Prince William and Kate Middleton, and more particularly on their commitment.

How They Met

Prince William and Kate Middleton met while they were both at St. Andrew's University during their first year of university.

Middleton claimed to be William's girlfriend a month after the start of their first year. In Kate: The Future Queen Katie Nicholl, royal expert and biographer, interviews former Middleton clbadmate Laura Warshauer. Both speak of Middleton helping William out of a delicate situation at a party.

"Kate and I ate brownies. Kate has never been a big drinker, she does not need alcohol to give her confidence. Will was really very impressed by this girl at the party, and it was getting very uncomfortable because he could not shake her, "Warshauer told Nicholls.

"He was really polite, but this girl just did not understand. Suddenly, Kate came behind him and took her in his arms. He said, "Oh, sorry, but I have a girlfriend," and he and Kate laugh out loud. He told her "thank you very much" in a really exaggerated way, but Kate was the only girl in the room who could have done it. And it was just a month after our entrance to the university.

This might indicate that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are coming.

The beginning of their relationship

Middleton and William only became romantically involved a little later in the second half of their first year of university.

William would have seen Middleton walk around in a university fashion show and realized that he was feeling for her. They then shared a kiss at a party that marked the beginning of their relationship.

Breaks

The couple separated twice during their relationship. Once in 2004, then again in 2007.

The 2004 break was attributed to doubts about the future of their relationship and the second to a series of bad events that led William to be photographed with a another girl.

The Proposal

It is logical that William wants to propose to the love of his life a place that he loves. And one of the places that the prince likes, is Africa. Prince William told CNN why Africa was so important to him, according to Marie Claire.

"I dream regularly. Africa is definitely one of the places I go. It calms me completely. [Kate] understands what it means to me to be in Africa and my love of conservation, "he said.

William also informed the media of his preparations for proposal." I did not have it really planned so far in advance, I just knew that I wanted to be comfortable where I had done it, "he said.

William proposed to Middleton in a log cabin at the foot of Mount Kenya, according to The Telegraph. are known to be extremely private, making it the perfect place to ask William the question.

William proposed with the engagement ring of his mother, the late Princess Diana, a "way to make sure that my mother did not miss it

When they informed the ro family yale

Prince William and Kate Middleton got engaged in a rustic cabin nestled at the foot of a mountain. Needless to say, the means of communication with their families was limited. That is why the royal family learned of the existence of their engagement shortly before their publication in November 2010.

Queen Elizabeth II, William's grandmother, did not learn that the couple had been engaged before three ( three!) hours prior to Announcement to the world. . Talk about cutting it close. We can badume that the rest of the royal family was discovered at about the same time as the queen.