Kate Middleton and Prince William's graduation speech spookily 'predicted future'
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Prince William, Kate Middleton and their proud families were in attendance for the couple's joint graduation ceremony at St Andrews University in 2005. And during the proceedings, they listened to a speech from the Vice Chancellor which proved particularly prophetic for the Royal Family. William and Kate famously first met at the university as students and graduated on the same day in June, with the late Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Camilla, among the audience. Both achieved an upper second class degree, William in Geography and Kate in Art History.
On the day of their graduation, Vice Chancellor Brian Lang addressed the students and - as revealed in Katie Nicholl's biography Kate: The Future Queen - made a telling remark. He said: "You will have made lifelong friends. You may have met your husband or wife. Our title as the top matchmaking university in Britain signifies so much that is good about St Andrews, so we rely on you to go forth and multiply.".
Little did he know how 'prophetic' those words would become years later, Ms Nicholl wrote, with William and Kate going on to tie the knot in 2011. According to Katie Nicholl in her 2010 book William and Harry, William noticed Kate as soon as he arrived on campus. The boys in their dorm, St. Salvator's (nicknamed Sally's), had unofficially crowned Kate as the prettiest girl there.
And while routinely bumping into each other in class - both were studying art history at the time - and around Sally's, Kate and William discovered they had things in common, including a love of swimming and skiing. Within weeks, Kate and William, alongside their new university friends, were having breakfast together.
