Kate Middleton Hugged Her Old History Teacher in the Crowd | He Remembers Her As a “Fantastic Student”

Kate Middleton bumped into her former teacher during a walkabout with the crowd gathered outside The National Maritime Museum Cornwall. The 41-year-old royal and her husband Prince William made their first official joint visit to Cornwall on February 9. This is their first visit to the area after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September.

The Princess of Wales looked thrilled as she hugged former teacher Jim Embury who taught her history in prep school. "The things you taught me, I now teach to my children," Princess Kate said, according to Cornwall Live, referring to Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4. Embury was also ecstatic to meet the royal who he taught over 25 years ago. He beamed as he recalled, "She was a fantastic student and it was a great class.”

Middleton was a student of history for years even graduating from the University of St. Andrews with a degree in the history of art in 2005. It's here where she met the love of her life Prince William and the rest as they say is history. Their love story started off slowly owing to the fact that they both are rather shy.

It took some time for the two to get to know each other, according to Middleton. "I think you said I actually went bright red when I met you and sort of scuttled off," she told Prince William during their 2010 engagement interview, according to PEOPLE. "[I was] feeling very shy about meeting you." They become closer as friends and then realized they had a lot of shared interests together. "We were friends for over a year first," William said in the same interview. "It just sort of blossomed from then on."

The parents of three have a strong connection with their children and are raising them in an emotionally supportive environment. The Princess of Wales talked about the joys and challenges of parenting in her recent conversation with U.K. radio host Roman Kemp recently. "The environment in which you bring up a child is as important, as the experiences you engage them with," she said.

"It's not about the number of toys they've got or the number of sort of trips that you go on with them. It's just making sure that they've got the right emotional support around them and that comes from the adults in their lives," she concluded.

References:

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/kate-middleton-bumps-history-teacher-8130260

https://people.com/royals/kate-middleton-prince-william-relationship-timeline/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH1O7oGXHcw

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