Kate Middleton and William shocking divorce announcement amid cancer diagnosis with king Charles
While having a party with his friends, a young Prince William yelled, “I’m free!” A royal insider has revealed that he abruptly ended his relationship with Kate Middleton in a candid 30-minute phone call.
The Prince of Wales, then aged 25, is said to have finished things with the Princess of Wales, concluding he was too young to settle down. Luke Jobson uncovers in his new memoir of Kate details of the couple’s short 2007 split. It occurred after William, who formed a close connection with Kate as an undergraduate at St Andrews University in Scotland, cooled on plans for the pair amidst speculation he was planning to propose.
“I’m free,” he yelled as he slipped into a tipsy version of the robot dance, Jobson claimed of the celebration which took place in Mayfair’s Mahiki club. He then let his friends know that they should all drink the menu, which they pretty much ended up doing, according to reports at the time. The prince additionally had his eye on another person, the socialite Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. However, she is said to have rejected his advances because she did not want to be constrained by the demands of royal life.
This didn’t cool William’s enthusiasm, Jobson explained. He reportedly tried to woo Isabella, visiting her multiple times at her family home. Despite his apparent crush, she evidently rebuffed his advances.
At the time of the couple’s severe split, they had been together for several years, having seen their initial friendship bloom into romance when Kate wore a revealing sheer dress that showed off her figure at a student charity fashion show in 2002. In a emotionally charged 30-minute conversation, they both acknowledged they were on different pages. Catherine was dealt a devastating blow, and the fact that she was dumped over the phone made her feel even worse.
However, Kate’s actions after their separation reportedly made it impossible for the young prince to stop thinking about his university sweetheart. Her mother, Carole Middleton, assisted by taking her on a trip to Dublin to distract her from her pain. Carole acted quickly, taking her grief-stricken daughter for a break in Dublin, a welcome reprieve from media scrutiny, Jobson added. When Catherine returned, she decided she wasn’t going to sit around and cry.
What was good for the goose was good for the gander. Now in the public eye, she was repeatedly photographed by paparazzi wearing more daring outfits than ever before when she went out with friends. There was one outfit in particular that sealed their eventual reunion. Back in London, there were soon so many paparazzi shots of Catherine leaving clubs, often with her sister Pippa, that the media dubbed them the Sizzler Sisters. When Kate arrived dressed as a nurse, William made a beeline for her. This attire caught William’s eye at a fancy dress party. They then spent the initial part of the night deep in conversation before hitting the dance floor, where they ended up kissing.
Despite their earlier split, their reunion was initially kept secret. William vowed to marry Kate and give her some assurance about their future. He finally proposed officially during a vacation in Kenya in 2010 by the side of the turquoise waters of Lake Alice, Jobson wrote. The proposal wasn’t entirely unexpected, of course, but Catherine’s face lit up with a radiant smile as she said yes.
William later stated that the reason he waited so long to propose to Kate was to give her a true understanding of royal life before getting married and becoming queen. She won global commendation for her daring declaration of her feelings via a poignant video in spring. The public’s affection for the future queen was evident when she and Princess Charlotte received a thunderous applause at Wimbledon this month.
