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The royal couple met at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, in 2001 but did not become an official item until two years later in 2003.
Both studied History of Art for their degrees with Prince William later switching to Geography.
Prince William has since admitted to having to “wrack his brains” to remember their first meeting, despite the pair being good friends before cupid’s arrow struck.
But mother-of-three Kate is not so coy and has revealed a slightly awkward encounter on her part when she first locked eyes with the future king.
The Duchess revealed all during their TV engagement interview in 2010.
She said: “I actually went bright red when I met you and scuttled off feeling very shy about meeting you.
“William wasn’t there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn’t there from Fresher’s Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other.
“But we did become very close friends from quite early on.”
Kate and William later tied the knot in front of a global audience of tens of millions at a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
They now have three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Did Kate have a poster of Prince William on her wall?
Rumours have long circulated that a young Kate had a picture of her future husband on her wall at Marlborough College where she studied as a teenager.
However, she dismissed those claims during the same 2010 interview.
Kate joked: “He wishes. I had the Levi guy on my wall, not a picture of William.”
In a more serious moment, the pair also acknowledged their temporary break-up in 2007.
William said: “We did split up for a bit.
“We were both very young, it was at university and we were both finding ourselves and being different characters and stuff.
“It was very much trying to find our own way and we were growing up.
“It was just a bit of space. It worked out for the better.”
The Duchess also said the split made her “stronger” as a person.
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