Prince William worked hard to keep his blossoming romance with Kate Middleton under wraps. As a future King, he knew the pressure and media attention that would fall on his girlfriend and future wife, and wanted to protect her privacy for as long as possible. But in April 2004, the news was out.
Kate joined William on a family skiing holiday and they were captured on camera together looking cosy on the slopes. The photos appeared in British newspapers the following day - and William was reportedly "furious" that the secret was out. Speaking on Channel 5 's documentary William & Kate: Too Good To Be True, Rebecca England, royal editor at the Daily Mail, said: "Unfortunately for them, a paparazzi photographer took pictures of William and Kate clearly very close on the ski lift together.
"William was furious, and he was also genuinely worried for Kate and her family about what this would now mean for them." William and Kate spoke about the start of their relationship during their 2010 engagement interview with ITV ’s Tom Bradby. They confirmed they first met during the first few weeks of freshman year at St.
Andrews University in Scotland . And although William confessed he couldn't remember the exact moment they locked eyes, Kate recalled to Bradby that she went "bright red" and "scuttled off" when she encountered the young prince for the first time. But the couple would routinely bump into each other in class - both were studying art history - and discovered they had much in.
