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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Rebecca Russell

Kate Middleton and Prince William’s different gap years - from cleaning toilets to sailing

The wedding of the decade saw Prince William marry his university girlfriend, Catherine Middleton, in front of a global TV audience of more than 60 million people.

While few fans need reminding that their romance started ten years earlier when they were both studying at St Andrews University in Scotland, it would seem there had been ample opportunity for the pair to meet beforehand. Both Prince William and Kate undertook gap years and went on a number of exciting adventures.

In fact, the pair were just weeks away from meeting as they joined the same challenge programme, Raleigh International.

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