Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (เคท มิดเดิลตัน)
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (Catherine "Kate" Elizabeth, née Middleton; born 9 January 1982) is the wife of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales. William is second in line to the thrones of the sixteen Commonwealth realms.
Catherine grew up in Chapel Row at Bucklebury, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, England. She studied in Scotland at the University of St Andrews, where she met William in 2001. They started a romantic relationship that continued until a break-up lasting for several months in 2007. However, they continued to be friends and rekindled their relationship later that year.
Prior to the wedding, Catherine attended many high-profile royal events. She has been admired for her fashion sense and has been placed on numerous "best dressed" lists. Once their relationship became public, Catherine received widespread media attention and there was much speculation that she and William would eventually marry. Their engagement was announced on 16 November 2010, and they married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey.
Biography
Early life and family
Catherine was born at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on 9 January 1982, and christened at St Andrew's Bradfield, Berkshire on 20 June 1982. She is the eldest of three children born to Carole Elizabeth Middleton (née Goldsmith), a former flight attendant and now part-owner of Party Pieces, a private company with an estimated worth of £30 million, and Michael Francis Middleton, who also worked as a flight attendant prior to becoming a flight dispatcher for British Airways, currently also an owner of Party Pieces. Her parents married on 21 June 1980, at the Parish Church of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and in 1987, founded Party Pieces, a mail order company that sells party supplies and decorations. Catherine has a sister, Philippa Charlotte, known as "Pippa" (born 1983), and a brother, James William (born 1987). The family has complained about press harassment of Pippa and their mother since Catherine's engagement.
Catherine's paternal family came from Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and her great-grandmother Olivia was a member of the Lupton family, who were active for generations in Leeds in commercial and municipal work. Her ancestors include The Rev. Thomas Davis, a Church of England hymn-writer. Carole Middleton's maternal family, the Harrisons, were working class labourers and miners from Sunderland and County Durham.
Catherine's parents were based in Amman, Jordan, working for British Airways from May 1984, to September 1986, where Catherine went to an English language nursery school, before returning to their home in Berkshire.After her return from Amman, Catherine was educated at St. Andrew's School in the village of Pangbourne in Berkshire, then briefly at Downe House. She continued her studies at Marlborough College, a co-educational independent boarding school in Wiltshire, followed by the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland where she met William. She graduated with an MA ((2:1 Hons) in the History of Art.
No engagement was forthcoming and Catherine was not granted an allowance to fund this security. Media attention increased around the time of Catherine's 25th birthday in January 2007, prompting warnings from both Charles and William and from Catherine's lawyers, who threatened legal action. Two newspaper groups, News International, which publishes The Times and The Sun, and the Guardian Media Group, publishers of The Guardian, decided to refrain from publishing paparazzi photographs of her. Catherine attended at least one event as an official royal guest, William's Passing Out Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 15 December 2006. In December 2007 it was reported that Catherine had moved in with Prince William at Clarence House, the residence of the Prince of Wales in London. Clarence House later denied this.
On 17 May 2008, Catherine attended the wedding of William's cousin Peter Phillips to Autumn Kelly, which the prince did not attend. On 19 July 2008 she was a guest at the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor and George Gilman. William was away on military operations in the Caribbean, serving aboard the HMS Iron Duke. In 2010 Catherine pursued an invasion of privacy claim against two agencies and photographer Niraj Tanna, who took pictures of her over Christmas 2009. Catherine obtained a public apology, £5,000 in damages, and legal costs.
On 14 April 2007 The Sun newspaper broke a "world exclusive" suggesting that Prince William and Catherine had split up. Other media outlets, such as the BBC, confirmed the story as the day progressed. The couple decided to break up during a holiday in the Swiss resort of Zermatt. Clarence House made only one comment about the relationship's end, according to The Times, stating, "We don't comment on Prince William's private life." Newspapers speculated about the reasons for the split, although these reports relied on anonymous sources.
Prince William and Catherine Middleton became engaged in October 2010 in Kenya, East Africa, during a 10-day trip to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to celebrate William passing his RAF helicopter search and rescue course. Clarence House announced the engagement on 16 November 2010. The couple married in Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, with the day declared a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. The wedding was watched by a global television audience of over two billion people.
Arms of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
The Duchess bears the arms of her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, impaled with her own arms. Catherine's coat of arms is based on those of her father Michael Middleton, which was granted to him by the College of Arms on the 19 April 2011. Thomas Woodcock, Garter King of Arms, the senior officer of the College of Arms, helped the family with the design.
Crest
Coronet of a child of the Heir Apparent
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st and 4th Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langed Azure (England), 2nd Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counterflory of the second (Scotland), 3rd Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (Ireland), the whole differenced with a label of three points Argent with the central point charged with an escallop Gules (Prince William); Impaled with a shield per pale Azure and Gules, a chevron Or, cotised Argent, between three acorns slipped and leaved Or (Middleton).
Symbolism
The dividing line (between two colours) down the centre is a canting of the name 'Middle-ton'. The acorns (from the oak tree) are a traditional symbol of England and a feature of west Berkshire, where the family have lived for 30 years. The three acorns also denote the family's three children. The gold chevron in the centre of the arms is an allusion to Carole Middleton's maiden name of Goldsmith. The two white chevronels (narrow chevrons above and below the gold chevron) symbolise peaks and mountains, and the family's love of the Lake District and skiing.
Previous versions
Her previous coat of arms depicted a lozenge shaped shield of arms which hangs from a blue ribbon, this symbolised her unmarried state. This version of the arms is now used only by her sister Pippa as it denotes an unmarried daughter of their father Michael Middleton.
Ancestry
Catherine shares ancestors with her husband Prince William; the closest relationship is via William's mother through a common descent from Sir Thomas Fairfax and his wife Agnes Gascoine, making the couple fifteenth cousins. She is also related more distantly to William through her father's side through common descent from Sir William Gascoine and his wife, née Lady Margaret Percy. The couple are also possibly twelfth cousins once removed, with circumstantial evidence suggesting that they are both descended from Sir Thomas Leighton and Elizabeth Knollys.
Catherine grew up in Chapel Row at Bucklebury, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, England. She studied in Scotland at the University of St Andrews, where she met William in 2001. They started a romantic relationship that continued until a break-up lasting for several months in 2007. However, they continued to be friends and rekindled their relationship later that year.
Prior to the wedding, Catherine attended many high-profile royal events. She has been admired for her fashion sense and has been placed on numerous "best dressed" lists. Once their relationship became public, Catherine received widespread media attention and there was much speculation that she and William would eventually marry. Their engagement was announced on 16 November 2010, and they married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey.
Biography
Early life and family
Catherine was born at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on 9 January 1982, and christened at St Andrew's Bradfield, Berkshire on 20 June 1982. She is the eldest of three children born to Carole Elizabeth Middleton (née Goldsmith), a former flight attendant and now part-owner of Party Pieces, a private company with an estimated worth of £30 million, and Michael Francis Middleton, who also worked as a flight attendant prior to becoming a flight dispatcher for British Airways, currently also an owner of Party Pieces. Her parents married on 21 June 1980, at the Parish Church of Dorney, Buckinghamshire, and in 1987, founded Party Pieces, a mail order company that sells party supplies and decorations. Catherine has a sister, Philippa Charlotte, known as "Pippa" (born 1983), and a brother, James William (born 1987). The family has complained about press harassment of Pippa and their mother since Catherine's engagement.
Catherine's paternal family came from Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and her great-grandmother Olivia was a member of the Lupton family, who were active for generations in Leeds in commercial and municipal work. Her ancestors include The Rev. Thomas Davis, a Church of England hymn-writer. Carole Middleton's maternal family, the Harrisons, were working class labourers and miners from Sunderland and County Durham.
Catherine's parents were based in Amman, Jordan, working for British Airways from May 1984, to September 1986, where Catherine went to an English language nursery school, before returning to their home in Berkshire.After her return from Amman, Catherine was educated at St. Andrew's School in the village of Pangbourne in Berkshire, then briefly at Downe House. She continued her studies at Marlborough College, a co-educational independent boarding school in Wiltshire, followed by the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland where she met William. She graduated with an MA ((2:1 Hons) in the History of Art.
Career
In November 2006, Catherine accepted a position as an accessory buyer with the clothing chain Jigsaw. In 2008 it was reported that she had quit her job and was planning to become a professional photographer, intending to take private classes with photographer Mario Testino, who had taken several well-known photographs of Diana, Princess of Wales and her sons. Testino later denied that Catherine was going to be working for him.Public image and style
Catherine has been featured in several best-dressed lists and was selected by The Daily Telegraph as the "Most Promising Newcomer" in its 2006 list of style winners and losers. Tatler placed her at number 8 on its yearly listing of the top ten style icons in 2007. She was featured in People magazine's 2007 and 2010 best-dressed lists. Catherine was named as one of Richard Blackwell's ten "Fabulous Fashion Independents" of 2007. In June 2008, Style.com selected Catherine as its monthly beauty icon. In July 2008, Catherine was included in Vanity Fair's international best-dressed list. In February 2011, Catherine was named the Top Fashion Buzzword of the 2011 season by the Global Language Monitor.Relationship with Prince William
Catherine's status as the undeclared girlfriend of William brought her widespread media coverage in Britain and abroad and she was often photographed on her daily outings. On 17 October 2005, she complained through her lawyer about harassment from the media, stating that she had done nothing significant to warrant such publicity. In February 2006, it was announced that Catherine would receive her own 24-hour security detail supplied by the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department. This fuelled further speculation that she and William would soon be engaged, since she would not otherwise be entitled to this service.No engagement was forthcoming and Catherine was not granted an allowance to fund this security. Media attention increased around the time of Catherine's 25th birthday in January 2007, prompting warnings from both Charles and William and from Catherine's lawyers, who threatened legal action. Two newspaper groups, News International, which publishes The Times and The Sun, and the Guardian Media Group, publishers of The Guardian, decided to refrain from publishing paparazzi photographs of her. Catherine attended at least one event as an official royal guest, William's Passing Out Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 15 December 2006. In December 2007 it was reported that Catherine had moved in with Prince William at Clarence House, the residence of the Prince of Wales in London. Clarence House later denied this.
On 17 May 2008, Catherine attended the wedding of William's cousin Peter Phillips to Autumn Kelly, which the prince did not attend. On 19 July 2008 she was a guest at the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor and George Gilman. William was away on military operations in the Caribbean, serving aboard the HMS Iron Duke. In 2010 Catherine pursued an invasion of privacy claim against two agencies and photographer Niraj Tanna, who took pictures of her over Christmas 2009. Catherine obtained a public apology, £5,000 in damages, and legal costs.
Breakup and reconciliation
On 14 April 2007 The Sun newspaper broke a "world exclusive" suggesting that Prince William and Catherine had split up. Other media outlets, such as the BBC, confirmed the story as the day progressed. The couple decided to break up during a holiday in the Swiss resort of Zermatt. Clarence House made only one comment about the relationship's end, according to The Times, stating, "We don't comment on Prince William's private life." Newspapers speculated about the reasons for the split, although these reports relied on anonymous sources.
The original report in The Sun quoted a "close friend of the couple" as saying that Catherine felt William had not been paying her enough attention. The paper highlighted reports that William had been spending time with other young women and said the Prince, aged 24 at the time of the split, felt he was too young to marry. A report in the Daily Mail blamed a desire by royal courtiers not to "hurry along" a marriage announcement, and William's desire to enjoy his bachelor status within his Army career. The Mail also suggested that a friend of William encouraged the Prince to take a "careless approach" to relationships. The same article suggested that Catherine had "expected too much" in wanting William to demonstrate his commitment to her.
In June 2007, Catherine and William insisted they were "just good friends" following reports of a reconciliation. Catherine and her family attended the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium, where she and William sat two rows apart. The couple were subsequently seen together in public on a number of occasions and several news sources, including the BBC and the Daily Mail, stated that they had "rekindled their relationship". Catherine also joined William and Charles on a deerstalking expedition at Balmoraland attended the wedding of William's cousin, Peter Phillips, even though William, due to a prior commitment, did not. In April 2008 Catherine accompanied William when he was awarded his RAF wings at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell. On 16 June 2008, Catherine attended William's investiture into the Order of the Garter, along with the Royal Family.
Engagement and wedding
Prince William and Catherine Middleton became engaged in October 2010 in Kenya, East Africa, during a 10-day trip to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to celebrate William passing his RAF helicopter search and rescue course. Clarence House announced the engagement on 16 November 2010. The couple married in Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, with the day declared a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. The wedding was watched by a global television audience of over two billion people.
In popular culture
Following international attention regarding the wedding, Lifetime aired a TV movie entitled William and Kate on 18 April 2011, in the US. The film premiered in the UK on 24 April 2011. Catherine (billed as Kate Middleton) was played by Camilla Luddington and William by Nico Evers-Swindell.TV programmes were also shown in the UK prior to the wedding which provided deeper insights into the couple's relationship and backgrounds, including When Kate Met William and Channel 4's Meet the MiddletonsRoyal duties
Public appearances
Catherine was formally introduced to public life on 24 February 2011, two months before the wedding, when she and William attended a lifeboat naming ceremony in Trearddur, North Wales. On 16 February 2011, Clarence House announced that the Duke and Duchess' first royal tour of Canada would take place in July 2011.Titles, styles and arms
9 January 1982 – 29 April 2011: Miss Catherine Middleton
29 April 2011 – present: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge
Catherine's full title and style is: Her Royal Highness Princess William Arthur Philip Louis, Duchess of Cambridge, Countess of Strathearn, Baroness Carrickfergus. Unlike the majority of royal brides, and in contrast to most previous consorts-in-waiting for over 350 years, Catherine does not come from a royal or aristocratic background. On the morning of their wedding day on 29 April 2011, at 8:00 am, officials at Buckingham Palace announced that in accordance with royal tradition and on recognition of the day by the Queen, Prince William was created Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus.
Arms of Catherine, Duchess of CambridgeThe Duchess bears the arms of her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, impaled with her own arms. Catherine's coat of arms is based on those of her father Michael Middleton, which was granted to him by the College of Arms on the 19 April 2011. Thomas Woodcock, Garter King of Arms, the senior officer of the College of Arms, helped the family with the design.
Crest
Coronet of a child of the Heir Apparent
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st and 4th Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langed Azure (England), 2nd Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counterflory of the second (Scotland), 3rd Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (Ireland), the whole differenced with a label of three points Argent with the central point charged with an escallop Gules (Prince William); Impaled with a shield per pale Azure and Gules, a chevron Or, cotised Argent, between three acorns slipped and leaved Or (Middleton).
Symbolism
The dividing line (between two colours) down the centre is a canting of the name 'Middle-ton'. The acorns (from the oak tree) are a traditional symbol of England and a feature of west Berkshire, where the family have lived for 30 years. The three acorns also denote the family's three children. The gold chevron in the centre of the arms is an allusion to Carole Middleton's maiden name of Goldsmith. The two white chevronels (narrow chevrons above and below the gold chevron) symbolise peaks and mountains, and the family's love of the Lake District and skiing.
Previous versions
Her previous coat of arms depicted a lozenge shaped shield of arms which hangs from a blue ribbon, this symbolised her unmarried state. This version of the arms is now used only by her sister Pippa as it denotes an unmarried daughter of their father Michael Middleton.
Ancestry
Catherine shares ancestors with her husband Prince William; the closest relationship is via William's mother through a common descent from Sir Thomas Fairfax and his wife Agnes Gascoine, making the couple fifteenth cousins. She is also related more distantly to William through her father's side through common descent from Sir William Gascoine and his wife, née Lady Margaret Percy. The couple are also possibly twelfth cousins once removed, with circumstantial evidence suggesting that they are both descended from Sir Thomas Leighton and Elizabeth Knollys.
ประวัติ เคท มิดเดิลตัน - เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม - เคท มิดเดิลตัน
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม - เคท มิดเดิลตัน
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม - เคท มิดเดิลตัน
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม - เคท มิดเดิลตัน
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม - เคท มิดเดิลตัน
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม - เคท มิดเดิลตัน
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม ประกาศแต่งงาน เคท มิดเดิลตัน แฟนสาวที่คบหามานานถึง 8 ปี เจ้าชายวิลเลียม พระชนมายุ 28 พรรษา พระโอรสองค์โต ในเจ้าฟ้าชายชาร์ลส์ มกุฎราชกุมารอังกฤษและเจ้าหญิงไดอานา ผู้ล่วงลับ กับ เคท มิดเดิลตัน ธิดาของเศรษฐีผู้ประกอบการที่สร้างธุรกิจขึ้นมาด้วยตนเอง และอยู่ในวัย 28 ปี เช่นกัน ได้ประกาศหมั้นหมาย ต่อสาธารณชน เมื่อวันที่ 16 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ.2553 ระหว่างการให้สัมภาษณ์ รายการทีวีรายการหนึ่ง ร่วมกับ เคท มิดเดิลตัน หลังมีแถลงการณ์จากจากสำนักพระราชวัง แคลเรนซ์ เฮาส์ ประกาศให้ทราบถึงการหมั้นกันของเจ้าชายวิลเลียม กับ เคท มิดเดิลตัน และพิธีอภิเษกสมรส จะมีขึ้นในวันที่ 29 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554 โดย เจ้าชายวิลเลียม เปิดเผยว่า ได้ทำการหมั้นหมายกับ เคท มิดเดิลตัน เมื่อเดือนตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2553 ระหว่างเสด็จไปท่องเที่ยวประเทศเคนยา เป็นการส่วนพระองค์ โดยใช้แหวนหมั้น ซึ่งเป็นแหวนพลอยล้อมเพชร และเป็นแหวนวงเดียวกับที่ เจ้าฟ้าชายชาร์ลส์ มอบให้แก่ เจ้าหญิงไดอานา เมื่อปี พ.ศ. 2524
นอกจากนี้ เจ้าชายวิลเลียม ยังกล่าวว่า เขารู้สึกตื่นเต้นมากเกี่ยวกับการหมั้นของเขากับ เคท มิดเดิลตัน และรอคอยที่จะใช้ชีวิตที่เหลือของพระองค์กับเธอ และจะเริ่มคิดเกี่ยวกับการมีลูก หลังจากแต่งงานแล้วในปีหน้า
ประวัติ สมเด็จเจ้าฟ้าชายวิลเลียมแห่งเวลส์ หรือ เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม
สมเด็จเจ้าฟ้าชายวิลเลียม อาร์เธอร์ ฟิลิป หลุยส์ แห่งเวลส์ ทรงประสูติเมื่อวันที่ 21 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2525 ณ โรงพยาบาลเซนต์มารีส์ เขตแพดดิงตัน ทางตะวันตกของกรุงลอนดอน เป็นพระโอรสองค์โตในเจ้าฟ้าชายชาร์ลส์ และ เจ้าหญิงไดอานา เจ้าหญิงผู้ล่วงลับ มีพระอนุชา 1 พระองค์ คือ เจ้าชายแฮร์รี่ แห่งเวลส์
เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม ได้เข้าศึกษาระดับมหาวิทยาลัย จากมหาวิทยาลัย St. Andrews ในสาขาภูมิศาสตร์ และที่มหาวิทยาลัยแห่งนี้นี่เอง ที่พระองค์ทรงได้พบกับ เคท มิดเดิลตัน คู่หมั้นของ เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม และได้คบหาดูใจกันมาเป็นเวลากว่า 8 ปี
หลังจบการศึกษา เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม ได้เข้ารับราชการในกองพันทหารม้าบลูส์แอนด์รอยัลส์ ของกรมทหารม้ารักษาวังแห่งกองทัพบกอังกฤษ และได้ทรงหมั้นหมายกับ เคท มิดเดิลตัน และจะเข้าพิธีอภิเษกสมรส ในวันที่ 29 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2554
ประวัติ เคท มิดเดิลตัน
เคท มิดเดิลตัน หรือ แคธเธอรีน เอลิซาเบธ เคท มิดเดิลตัน ว่าที่พระชายาของเจ้าชายหนุ่มรูปงามแห่งราชวงศ์อังกฤษ เกิดเมื่อวันที่ 9 มกราคม พ.ศ. 2525 ณ โรงพยาบาล รอยัล เบิร์กไชร์ เมืองรีดดิ้ง มณฑลเบิร์กไชร์ เป็นธิดาสาวคนโตของ ไมเคิล ฟรานซิส มิดเดิลตัน กับ แครอล เอลิซาเบธ มิเดิลตัน เจ้าของธุรกิจส่วนตัวผู้ร่ำรวยทางตอนใต้ของสหราชอาณาจักร โดย เคท มิดเดิลตัน ยังมีน้องร่วมสายเลือดอีก 2 คน
หลัง เคท มิดเดิลตัน จบการศึกษาจากวิทยาลัย Marlborough เคท มิดเดิลตัน ก็ได้เข้าศึกษาต่อในสาขาประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ ที่มหาวิทยาลัย St. Andrews ที่ซึ่ง เคท มิดเดิลตัน ได้พบกับ เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม ที่ทรงมาศึกษาต่อที่นี่เช่นกัน ในปีพ.ศ. 2544 หลังจากที่พบกันไม่นาน ทั้ง เคท มิดเดิลตัน และ เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม ก็ได้ตกลงคบหาดูใจกันตั้งแต่นั้นเป็นต้นมา
หลังทั้งคู่ คบหากัน เคท มิดเดิลตัน ก็ได้ออกงานสังคมเคียงคู่ เจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม หลายต่อหลายงาน และ เคท มิดเดิลตัน ก็ได้รับคำชื่นชมจากเหล่าพสกนิกรและราชวงศ์ว่า เธอมีกริยามารยาทที่งดงาม เหมาะสมกับเจ้าชายวิลเลี่ยม อีกทั้งยังมีรสนิยมในการเลือกเครื่องแต่งกายให้เหมาะสมกับงานที่ไปร่วม จนได้รับตำแหน่ง สตรีที่แต่งตัวดีอีกคนหนึ่งของเกาะอังกฤษเลยทีเดียว
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