Kate Middleton is following on that path. Princess Diana left us with a promise of what we can become. Andrews Fashion Show, remembering the hours of sewing and production efforts students put into this amateur hour that drew unprecedented crowds and eventually the attention of a future king. I always smile warmly at the photo of Kate Middleton in her bikini dress at the St. It is a university of great professors, fascinating lectures and a warm hearted community that allowed us all to be free from the cares of worldly concerns, stature and wealth. Half of my university friends today are married to each other. It was the best place to fall in love in the world. I too enjoyed drinks at Ma Bells, shared homes with university chums, danced the night away at regular black tie Ceilidh balls and enjoyed romantic walks along West Sands beach. Andrews University and studied art history in the same rooms Prince William would finish his course. Years ahead of the royal couple, I also attended St. As we sat in the dinner hall he leaned across the table to show the beautiful portrait photo of the royal couple on the card’s cover and inside Diana had signed her name in that large happy signature we came to know so well.ĭecades later, my educational experiences unexpectedly crossed with those of Prince William and Kate.

Not long after, one of Diana’s young cousins, who also attended Beeston, received a birthday card from Princess Diana and Prince Charles.

Once felt the freedom of the summer breeze blow these trees, the grass matted in her hands, the delights of jam teas and giggles of girls in our uniforms and plimsoles. I remember a hot June day playing rounders (a British game similar to softball) against her own boarding school, Riddlesworth, and thinking she too played rounders on this pitch. The same county where Diana also was educated in her early years. In the years to come I would attend Beeston Hall boarding school in Norfolk in the British summer terms. I could just see the carriage trot past and feel the roar of the crowd. I remember idling all day, hopping up and down the marble stairs of a grand Palladian townhouse, while we waited for the royal carriage to pass by. I was just 6 years old when my English mother took me to London for the Royal Wedding. Like so many young women I felt I grew up with Princess Diana.

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