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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Prince William Paid £200 For a Date With Kate Middleton Before Their Royal Romance, Former Roommate Reveals

An early 2000s picture of Prince William in a navy sweater looking behind him in front of a fence at St. Andrews.

All of us have those college friends we shared priceless memories with—yet eventually drifted away from—but in Laura Warshauer's case, those university pals are the future King and Queen. The former University of St. Andrews student shared some early 2000's nostalgia in a recent interview with the Daily Mail, including a surprising story about Prince William and Kate Middleton's first date.

New Jersey native Warshauer arrived in St. Andrews, Scotland in 2001, the same year as the Prince and Princess of Wales, and lived in the same dorm as the couple their freshman year. "Will lived down the hall with two of his friends from Eton," she explained. "Kate lived on the floor below."

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