Publications
Partners
—Sept. 2001: Prince William and Kate Middleton meet at St Andrews University in Scotland where they are both studying art history.
—Christmas 2003: The pair reportedly become a couple after sharing a house together with two friends. In March they are pictured together on a skiing holiday in Switzerland.
—Nov. 16, 2010: William and Kate's engagement is announced by Clarence House officials. The prince proposed to Kate while on a private holiday to Kenya the previous month.
—April 29, 2011: The pair wed in a lavish ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey. William is made the Duke of Cambridge by his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, and Kate becomes the Duchess of Cambridge.
—Dec. 3, 2012: The palace announces that Kate is pregnant and being treated in hospital for acute morning sickness. Kate is discharged from the hospital after three nights, telling reporters she is feeling "much better." The palace later announces that the bay is due in July.
— 5 February 2013: The couple holiday on the Caribbean island of Mustique with Kate's parents.
— 5 March 2013: Kate apparently lets slip that she is expecting a daughter on a solo visit to Grimsby. Accepting a teddy bear from a member of the public, she apparently replies: "Oh, is this for our d...? Thank you so much." The possible slip of the tongue prompts a wave of betting on a royal daughter.
— 17 March 2013: Kate tells a soldier at a St Patrick's Day parade that they do not know the sex of the child, but says she would like a boy and William a girl.
— 20 March 2013: Kate given a "Baby on board" badge when she joins the Queen and Prince Philip at Baker Street underground station to mark the 150th anniversary of the Tube.
— 11 May 2013: Kate and William attend William van Cutsem and Rosie Ruck Keene's wedding in Oxfordshire, England. The pair reportedly take to the dance floor despite Kate being seven months pregnant.
— 4 June 2013: William and Kate return to their wedding venue at Westminster Abbey when they join the royal family for a service marking the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation at Westminster Abbey.
— 13 June 2013: Kate carries out her final solo engagement before going on maternity leave when she names a new cruise liner — the Royal Princess — in Southampton.
— 15 June 2013: The Duchess makes her last scheduled public appearance before the birth at the Trooping the Color parade.
— 19 June 2013: It is confirmed Kate is planning to give birth at the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, where Princess Diana gave birth to William and Prince Harry. It is reported Kate is hoping for a natural birth.
- 22 June 2013: Palace officials confirm that Kate is in labour after arriving at St. Mary's Hospital at 06:00.
