Monday, 2 July 2012

Kate and William watch their friends tie the knot... joined by FOUR of their former partners.

Feeling awkward? William and Kate look out from under an umbrella at a wedding attended by no fewer than four of their former partners

Feeling awkward? William and Kate look out from under an umbrella at a wedding attended by no fewer than four of their former partners.


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For many couples, bumping into an old flame can be something of an awkward affair.

But it would seem that the marriage of Kate and William is built of sterner stuff than most.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a wedding on Saturday where there were no fewer than four of their former partners.

William, who looked smart in a morning suit, shielded his wife from the rain with an umbrellaKate and William arrive at the wedding
Umbrella day: William, who looked smart in a morning suit, shielded his wife from the rain.

The royal couple make their way into the church for the ceremonyRain fell as the guests headed into the church
Wet weekend: The royal couple make their way into the church for the ceremony as the rain falls.

Star attraction: Crowds gather to watch the royal couple arrive

Star attraction: Crowds gather to watch the royal couple arrive.



The wedding, also attended by Pippa Middleton, was of Kate’s friend from Marlborough College, Alice St John Webster and Gerald Alvenel in a picturesque Somerset village.
But also amongst the 300 guests were Prince William’s former girlfriends Olivia Hunt and Rose Farquhar, along with Kate’s previous love-interests Henry Ropner and Willem Marx.

Aspiring actress Miss Farquhar, 28, dated William, 30, after he left Eton in the summer of 2000. Miss Hunt, 28, a writer, dated the Duke briefly before Kate at St Andrews.

Olivia Hunt, believed to be a former girlfriend of William, was at the weddingAspiring actress Rose Farquhar, believed to be a former girlfriend of William, was at the wedding
Old flames: Writer Olivia Hunt (left) and aspiring actress Rose Farquhar (right), both believed to be former girlfriends of William, were at the wedding.

Willem Marx, who has been linked to the Duchess of Cambridge, attends the weddingHenry Ropner, a former partner of the Duchess of Cambridge, arrives with his wife Natasha


Familiar faces: Journalist Willem Marx (left) and Henry Ropner, pictured with wife Natasha (right), are understood to be former partners of the Duchess of Cambridge.




Mr Marx, 29, a journalist, was 30-year-old Kate’s first boyfriend at Marlborough and baronet’s son Mr Ropner, 30, is rumoured to have dated Kate when she and William separated in 2007.
For the wedding, in the village of Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton, Kate wore her favourite nude LK Bennett shoes and a £490 blossom print silk chiffon dress by London-based ethical fashion company Beulah along with a Jane Corbett white hat.


Interestingly, Beulah was started by another of William’s former girlfriends Natasha Rufus Isaacs.

Big day: Kate watched her friend from Marlborough College, Alice St John Webster (centre), and Gerald Alvenel (left) tie the knot
Big day: Kate watched her friend from Marlborough College, Alice St John Webster (centre), and Gerald Alvenel (left) tie the knot.

Proud moment: The bride is escorted to church by her father Rory
Proud moment: The bride is escorted to church by her father Rory.

The bride wore a beaming smile: Alice St John Webster can hardly contain her delight
The bride wore a beaming smile: Alice St John Webster can hardly contain her delight.

Hardly a week goes by when Pippa Middleton is not a guest at a weddingPippa wore an elegant pale pink and black embroidered £380 Alice Temperley shirt dress

Elegant: Pippa Middleton wore an elegant pale pink and black embroidered £380 Alice Temperley shirt dress.


But as this was the second time Kate has worn one of her designs - having worn a floor-length Sarai gown for a gala fundraising last October - there are evidently no h
ard feelings.
William, who looked smart in a morning suit, shielded his wife from the rain with an umbrella as they made their way into the church.

Hardly a week goes by when Pippa, who wore an elegant pale pink and black embroidered £380 Alice Temperley shirt dress, is not a guest at a wedding.

Attractive: David and Emilia Jardine-Paterson dressed very smartly for the wedding

Attractive: David and Emilia Jardine-Paterson dressed very smartly for the wedding.

David and Emilia Jardine-Paterson, close friends of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended the weddingSam and Annabel Waley-Cohen, close friends of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended the wedding

David and Emilia Jardine-Paterson (left) and Sam and Annabel Waley-Cohen (right), all close friends of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended the wedding.

Tom and Harriet Sutton arrive at the ceremonyAndrew Charlton, a close friend of Prince William's pictured with a female companion, was among the guests

Friends of the royals: Tom and Harriet Sutton (left) and Andrew Charlton, pictured with a female companion (right), were among the guests.

Sam Waley-Cohen and his wife AnnabelA close friend of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Louise Aubrey-Fletcher

Sam Waley-Cohen and his wife Annabel (left) were among the guests, as was Louise Aubrey-Fletcher (right).


Throughout the month of May, the 28-year-old socialite attended the marriages of her friends on three out of four weekends.
On only one of these occasions was the ever-popular Miss Middleton accompanied by Kate and William.

This was for the wedding of Kate’s former schoolfriend Hannah Gillingham in Wingfield, Suffolk.

Snappy dressers: Harry and Louise Aubrey-Fletcher pose for photographs at the wedding in Somerset
Snappy dressers: Harry and Louise Aubrey-Fletcher pose for photographs at the wedding in Somerset.

Picturesque: The wedding took place in St Mary's Church, in the village of Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton
Picturesque: The wedding took place in St Mary's Church, in the village of Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton.



Culled from The Daily Mail UK.


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