Even before part two of season six of Netflix’s The Crown dropped on December 14, Marie Claire reported that it was always a part of Carole Middleton’s plans for her eldest daughter, Kate, to attend the University of St. Andrews and meet Prince William. Part two of the show’s final season depicts as much, with Carole pulling strings with her daughter to get her to be right in the line of sight of the future king. Obviously, the plan worked—William and Kate have been together for 20 years, half of their lives.
And, OK reports, Kate didn’t resist her mother’s grand idea, royal historian Clare McHugh said. “What is interesting to me is that The Crown did not shy away from showing Carole as insistent that Kate kept going,” McHugh said. “I think the only part where they faltered was when they had Kate resisting a bit.”
