Before Prince William and Kate Middleton got together, there was another young man (albeit very briefly) on the scene for Catherine. Rupert Finch, who was three years ahead of the Princess at school, was Kate's boyfriend before she met her future husband.
As season six of The Crown depicts, the pair had a brief fling in 2001 and were actually dating at the time of that famous fashion show, where William reportedly paid £200 to sit in the front row and watch Kate shimmy down the runway in a sheer dress designed by fellow student Charlotte Ford. Isaac Bickerstaff wrote for Tatler of Kate's ex: 'Finch was considered the ultimate catch by Kate’s friends. At the time of the fashion show, he was reportedly her casual boyfriend and a tall, dark and handsome aspiring lawyer in his fourth year at St Andrew's.'
