Prince William would “whisk” Princess Kate on hotel getaways under fake names, according to a royal commentator.
The Prince and Princess of Wales reportedly chose interesting pseudonyms in an attempt to stay under the radar while travelling.
In his new book, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, Robert Jobson details how, while students at the University of St Andrews, Prince William used to “whisk Catherine off” for nights alone and check into hotels under an alias.
When the couple met in the early 2000s, they were roommates living off-campus with two other classmates.
Prince William would ‘whisk’ Princess Kate on hotel getaways under fake namesGetty
However, William would “often whisk Catherine off to Highgrove or Sandringham or to a cottage on the Balmoral estate,” Jobson wrote in the new book.
He added: “Occasionally they checked into hotels, using the names Mr. and Mrs. Smith — which doubtless fooled no one.”
Roughly around the same time, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were starring in the 2005 hit movie called Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the film set on which they met.
The “Mr. Smith” moniker was not the only time Prince William adopted a fake name in an attempt for more privacy.
Princess Kate joining William at his RAF Cranwell graduation in 2008
In 2001, the same year he entered university, he used the name “Steve” in “a rather pathetic attempt to stay under the radar,” Jobson wrote.
Kate even played along and used the fake name, Jobson added, as the eyes of the world were on them.
Andrew Morton wrote in his biography of the couple, William and Catherine, that during a 2007 holiday to the Seychelles later, the two chose the names “Martin and Rose Middleton”.
The couple “spent a sublime week renewing their love affair,” Morton wrote.
Kate Middleton and Prince William would use fake names at hotels in the early days of their relationship, according to reports
Kate and William photographed with Prince Harry in 2008
Author Marcia Moody wrote in her book “Kate” that it was on this trip that “they made an agreement with each other”.
She added: “For the next few years, they would work and enjoy their lives, knowing that at some point when the time was right, they would be husband and wife.”
After their April 29, 2011 wedding, the then-Duke and Duchess of Cambridge returned to the Seychelles for a private honeymoon.
