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THE MIDDLETONS

1 When Kate became the future Queen of england, she notched up several firsts. Which was NOT one of them?

A. First with a university degree B. First to have attended a state school C. First not to have been brought up in a stately home D. First to be older than her husband

2 The Middletons (Kate pictured with sister Pippa and mother Carole) are the first couple without a title to be grandparents of a future monarch since...

A. 1028 B. 1543 C. 1807 D. 1931

3 The best man at Pippa’s upcoming wedding was a star of which TV show?

A. Strictly Come Dancing B. The Only Way Is Essex C. Made In Chelsea D. Coronation Street

4 WHERE did Kate’s grandmother (on her mother’s side) work as a shop assistant?

A. Harrods B. Fortnum & Mason C. Woolworths D. Dorothy Perkins

5 SOME of William’s less chivalrous friends were said to have mocked Carole’s former career as an air-hostess by giving Kate what nickname?

A. Cross-check B. Doors to Manual C. Fasten Seatbelts D. Turbulence Ahead

6 TRUE OR FALSE?: In her teens, Kate had a poster of Prince William on her bedroom wall.

ANSWERS 1) D

THE Duchess is five months older than William, but George II’s wife Caroline was eight months older than him. k ate’s firsts include a degree from the University of St andrews, going to a state school (Bradfield Church of england Primary) before St andrew’s prep school in Pangbourne when she was eight, and not growing up in a stately home. From the age of three to 13, she lived in a Berkshire semi.

2) A. 1028

THEY are the first title -less couple to be grandparents of a sovereign-to-be in almost 1,000 years, when a French washerwoman gave birth to William the Conqueror.

3) C. Made In Chelsea

KATE’S younger sister Pippa is marrying hedge fund manager James Matthews on Saturday, May 20. The groom ’s younger brother is Spencer Matthews, an old etonian who was the star of reality show Made In Chelsea. The socialite, who claims to have slept with more than 1,000 women, also won ski show The Jump this year.

4) D. Dorothy Perkins

Carole’S mother Dorothy worked at the High Street clothes store, while her father, ron Goldsmith, worked as a painter and decorator into his 70s. k ate’s mum was raised in a council flat under the Heathrow flight path.

5) B. Doors to Manual

THERE were rumours that some of William’s friends whispered the phrase whenever kate arrived. Carole also drew flack for apparently greeting the Queen by saying ‘Pleased to meet you’ not the traditional ‘How do you do?’ and saying toilet rather than lavatory in front of royals.

6) FALSE

ACCORDING to the Duchess, she had a poster of ‘the levi’s guy, not William’.