Kate Middleton’s former roommate shares never-before-seen party pic: ‘Loveliest college memories’

Kate Middleton’s assemblage roommate has shared a never-before-seen photograph of her and nan early queen. 

Laura Warshauer, who roomed pinch nan early Princess of Wales astatine St. Salvator’s Hall during their first twelvemonth astatine Scotland’s St. Andrews University successful 2001 — nan aforesaid halls of residence wherever Prince William lived that twelvemonth — posted nan photograph of herself pinch Kate connected Instagram successful July, though it’s only now circulating online.

In nan photograph taken astatine a statement that William and Kate hosted astatine their off-campus Hope St. house, which they moved into during their 2nd twelvemonth astatine St. Andrews pinch 2 different friends, Fergus Boyd and Olivia Bleasdale, Kate and her erstwhile roommate grin while enjoying a saccharine dainty — brownie bites. 

“Sending emotion to Kate Middleton, nan early Queen of England and my assemblage dormmate!” Warshauer captioned nan photo. “This was america astatine a Hope Street level party. I person nan loveliest assemblage memories pinch Kate.”

“She is nan kindest, astir caring, down-to-earth, genuine person, and it’s unthinkable to spot her sparkling truthful brightly and inspiring nan world pinch her compassion and courage,” Warshauer added.

William and Kate graduated from St. Andrews successful 2005.

Posted connected Jul. 18, Warshauer shared nan photograph 4 months aft nan princess revealed to nan world that she had crab successful a video released connected Mar. 22. The royal received nan test aft having a planned abdominal room successful January, which led doctors to observe nan cancer. She past began a preventative people of chemotherapy and was absent from backstage life until her March announcement, spurring countless conspiracy theories astir her absence. 

Warshauer, now a singer-songwriter, besides happened to station nan photograph connected nan aforesaid time that Kate shared a bid of Instagram stories, voicing her support of nan London Natural History Museum, signaling she was slow returning to immoderate of her royal duties she had stepped speech from to attraction connected her crab battle. 

The statement image besides came conscionable 4 days aft Kate made a scatter astatine Wimbledon, receiving a opinionated ovation arsenic she took halfway tribunal for nan Men’s Final. 

Kate announced she had completed chemotherapy connected Sep. 9, declaring she was “cancer-free.” She has since returned to work, gradually undertaking charismatic royal engagements erstwhile more. She is expected to make a nationalist quality astatine The Cenotaph warfare memorial successful London connected Nov. 10 to people Remembrance Day. 

Warshauer antecedently said astir her assemblage relationship pinch William and Kate aft nan mates exchanged rings successful 2010. “I retrieve nan first clip I met Kate, thinking, ‘Wow,’” she told People astatine nan time. “She conscionable had a beautiful measurement astir her.” 

Of Prince William, Warshauer said, “When he was around, it wasn’t for illustration location was each this pomp and circumstance. He could virtually conscionable locomotion astir arsenic a normal feline and group didn’t make a large woody of it.”

The St. Andrews alum besides recalled nan infinitesimal Kate was voted “prettiest girl” successful St. Salvator’s Hall astatine nan extremity of their first year.

“There were applause, and she was wearing this cool achromatic off-the-shoulder shirt,” Warshauer remembered. “She’s very grounded, and that consciousness of easiness comes done successful nan measurement she carries herself and nan measurement she conscionable graciously walked up and accepted this award.”

“She’s evidently stunning, but she doesn’t enactment successful immoderate measurement like, ‘Oh, I’m this gorgeous person.’ Kate was conscionable genuine. And I don’t consciousness for illustration she’ll ever change.”

To commemorate their wedding, Warshauer wrote a opus for nan mates titled “To Will and Kate, Meet Me astatine Exit 109.”

Warshauer is nary longer successful touch pinch nan royals but still cherishes nan memories she shared pinch them. “There was conscionable specified an innocence astir it,” she told People successful 2011. “I look astatine my pictures, and I tin spot nan romance and nan magic.”