The Duchess of Cambridge

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Homes of the Duchess of Cambridge Throughout the Years

After returning from Amman, Jordan, the Duchess of Cambridge attended Bradfield Church of England Primary School until the age of 8. After that, she began attending St Andrew’s School, in Pangbourne, where she started boarding two years later. In 1991, Catherine even saw her future husband for the first time, when he came to play a hockey match at her co-ed school.

Catherine has described the time she spent at St Andrew’s as the happiest time of her life. When she left the school at 13 years of age, she told her mother, Carole, that she wanted to return to be a teacher. While this didn’t happen, she did return in 2012 to open the school’s new hockey pitch. During her time at St Andrew’s, Catherine took part in school plays and broke the school’s high jump record, which she still holds to this day.

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Homes of the Duchess of Cambridge Throughout the Years

At around two years of age, Catherine moved to Jordan with her parents and sister, Pippa, for her father’s job. The Middleton family settled in Amman, the capital city of Jordan, and Catherine even attended nursery. The Assahera nursery attended by Catherine was one of the most expensive pre-schools in the area.

While her nursery was English-speaking, Catherine would have learnt nursery rhymes in both English and Arabic. Similarly, the children would have verses from the Quran read to them to improve their Arabic and be told stories about the Prophet's companions. They would also learn colours and numbers. At her nursery - in which Catherine was in a class of 12, they observered both Christian and Islamic feasts and celebrations.

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Homes of the Duchess of Cambridge Throughout the Years

Catherine’s first home was her childhood house. She lived here with her parents (Michael and Carole) and younger siblings (Pippa and James) from her birth until she was a teenager. The four-bed semi-detached house can be found in Bradfield Southend and has been sold off more than once since the Middleton family moved out.

Nearby is both Bradfield Church of England Primary School, where Catherine went until she was 8, and St Andrew’s Church, where Catherine and her sibling were christened.

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August 1st, 2007

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HRH Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton helps out at her parents business “Party Pieces” in Berkshire- July 21, 2008

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Montefiore’s ‘Young Stalin’ Book Launch At Asprey - 14 May 2007

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Prince William with his girlfriend Catherine Middleton after his graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell air base in Lincolnshire | April 11, 2008

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Catherine Middleton attended the 2009 Audi Polo challenge to cheer on her then-boyfriend, now-husband, Prince William. 

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Catherine Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William joins in with the royal ski party in Klosters in Switzerland |  March 30, 2005

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Kate Middleton attends a Badminton Horse Trials | 2007

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11 Years Ago Today: Kate Middleton attends the second day of the Gatcombe Park Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park on August 6, 2005.

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Kate Middleton attends the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor and George Gilman at the Queen’s Chapel near St. James’s Palace on July 19, 2008 in London, England.

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Kate Middleton at Prince William’s passing out parade

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Kate Middleton watching her boyfriend Prince William receive his RAF Wings at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire - April 11th, 2008.

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Catherine Middleton and Chelsy Davy watch a match at the Beaufort Polo Club, with the Middleton’s Golden Retriever Tilly | July 29th, 2006.

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The Duchess of Cambridge (Kate Middleton) with her parents at Prince William’s passing out parade at Sandhurst in 2006. 

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Catherine Middleton arriving at the Day-Glo Midnight Disco, an 80’s themed charity event she co-organized. She aimed to raise £100,000 for Tom’s Ward at the Children’s Hospital in Oxford and the organisation Place2Be which provides counselling to youngsters. September 17th, 2008.

Later, as the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine picked Place2Be to be one of her patronages, and continues her interest in children’s care by her patronage of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.