Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton born 9 January 1982 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire, England, Middleton is the elder daughter

of self-made millionaire Michael Middleton (born 1949), who was an airline officer at the time of her birth, and his wife, the former Carole Goldsmith, who was an air hostess. Her

parents now own Party Pieces, a mail order company that sells children's party paraphernalia.

She has a younger sister,Philippa (pippa) and a

younger brother, James.

Middleton was raised in Bucklebury, Berkshire, in the south of England. She went to St Andrew's School, Pangbourne until she was 13 and then attended the public school

Marlborough College (the same school William's cousin Princess Eugenie of York attends), where she passed eleven GCSEs and three A-level exams. Like the Prince, Middleton was a student at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. She graduated in 2005 with a 2:1

(Upper Second-Class) MA (Hons) degree in History of Art.

While attending the University of St Andrews in 2001, Middleton met Prince kate middleton

William of Wales. At the time, Middleton was already in her second year at St Andrews. Since

around Christmas of 2003 she and Prince William have been involved in a relationship that has been

subjected to intense media attention.

The couple were first seen publicly on a ski trip in Klosters in April 2004. During 2005, the British media began speculating that the Prince and

Middleton would eventually become engaged.

In 2007, the couple briefly split after struggling to find time as Prince William pursued his army career.

However, they soon came back together.

On 16th November, 2010, Kate Middleton and Prince William announced their plans to marry in the new year.

Announcing their engagement Prince William said: "The timing is right now, we are both very, very happy." Miss Middleton added that joining the Royal Family was a "daunting prospect"

but said: "Hopefully I'll take it in my stride."

Kate Middleton and Prince William were married on Friday 29th April 2011 at Westminster Abbey, London.

After the wedding, the couple intend to continue residing on the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, where Prince William is based as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot.

Prince William and Kate Middleton became parents with the birth of their first child, when their son Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was bornat at St. Mary's Hospital, London, on 22 July 2013 at 16:24

local time. Housed in the same hospital with the father's birthplace, Prince William, the baby was born healthy, weighing 3 79 kg.

The Duchess's first official engagement after the wedding came in May, when she and her husband met with Barack Obama, the President of the United States, and First Lady

Michelle Obama. In June 2011, the Duke and Duchess presented medals to members of the Irish Guards.

On 26 October 2011, she undertook her first solo event for In Kind Direct, stepping in for the Prince of Wales, who was in

Saudi Arabia. On 2 November, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the UNICEF Supply Division Centre for

supplying food to malnourished African children in Copenhagen, Denmark.

On St Patrick's Day, 17 March 2012, the Duchess carried out the traditional awarding of shamrocks to the Irish Guards at

their base in Aldershot; this was her first solo military engagement. On 19 March, she gave her first speaking engagement for the opening of the Treehouse, a new children's hospice opened by East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), a charity of which she is a patron.

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge supporting British Olympic Team at a dinner in countdown to the 2012

Olympics in London, 11 May 2012