Kate Middleton and Prince William met while studying at St Andrews University
When Prince William opted to study at the University of St Andrews in 2001, finding a future queen may not have been at the front of his mind.
But when he decided to marry Kate Middleton he joined a notable cohort of alumni from Scotland's oldest university.
St Andrews prides itself as "Britain's top match-making university".
At the prince and Kate's graduation ceremony in 2005 their university principal Brian Lang gave a speech saying one in 10 students could expect to go on to marry a fellow student.
He added: "You may have met your husband or wife."
Prince William and Kate's romance really was "a match made in St Andrews", as Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, another graduate of the university, declared on Tuesday.
The pair met in September 2001 when they studied art history together, although the prince later switched to geography.
In their second academic year, the prince and Kate began sharing a four-bedroom house in the town with two other students.
A year later all four moved into a cottage outside the town.
Former students can testify to the power of St Andrews as a place to find a spouse.
Amy MacBrayne, 30, from Aberdeen, graduated with a degree in English in 2002 and remembers seeing Prince William riding his bicycle around the campus.
But she had her eye on a young medical student, James, whom she later married in the university chapel.
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But when he decided to marry Kate Middleton he joined a notable cohort of alumni from Scotland's oldest university.
St Andrews prides itself as "Britain's top match-making university".
At the prince and Kate's graduation ceremony in 2005 their university principal Brian Lang gave a speech saying one in 10 students could expect to go on to marry a fellow student.
He added: "You may have met your husband or wife."
Prince William and Kate's romance really was "a match made in St Andrews", as Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, another graduate of the university, declared on Tuesday.
The pair met in September 2001 when they studied art history together, although the prince later switched to geography.
In their second academic year, the prince and Kate began sharing a four-bedroom house in the town with two other students.
A year later all four moved into a cottage outside the town.
Former students can testify to the power of St Andrews as a place to find a spouse.
Amy MacBrayne, 30, from Aberdeen, graduated with a degree in English in 2002 and remembers seeing Prince William riding his bicycle around the campus.
But she had her eye on a young medical student, James, whom she later married in the university chapel.
Read More
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-11765877
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