Why did Kate Middleton attend St Andrews after rejecting offer from Edinburgh?
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Prince William at the University of St Andrews in Scotland in 2001, and after becoming friends, their romance blossomed.
But the royal couple might not have crossed paths if the future Duchess had taken up her original place at another university.
Kate was initially accepted at the University of Edinburgh, according to Jasper Selwyn, the careers advisor at her boarding school in England.
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However, Kate is said to have changed her mind last minute and opted to take a gap year instead, before applying to study art history at St Andrews, where William was known to be attending after his year out.