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Images of Kate Middleton seated beside Donald Trump at Windsor Castle spread quickly across social media, drawing praise from his supporters and criticism from voices on the Left. During the state banquet, the Princess of Wales smiled warmly at the former U.S. president. What might have been a routine seating plan instead turned into a debated royal moment of the year. The Banquet Photo That…

On This Day in 1982 . Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on 9 January 1982. . . ◼ She is the eldest of three children born to Michael Middleton (b. 1949), & his wife, Carole (née Goldsmith; b. 1955), a former flight dispatcher & flight attendant, respectively, who in 1987 founded Party Pieces, a privately held mail order company that sells party supplies & decorations. She has a younger sister, Pippa, & a younger brother, James. . 🎓She graduated in 2005 from the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, with an undergraduate MA (2:1 Hons) in the history of art. Before university, during a gap year, she travelled to Chile to participate in a Raleigh International programme, & studied at the British Institute of Florence in Italy. . 👫 Catherine married Prince Willim in Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011. . ◼ On marriage, Catherine assumed the style “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge”. . ◼ They have three children; Prince George (b. 2013), Princess Charlotte (b. 2015), & Prince Louis (b. 2018). .

On This Day in 1982 . Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading on 9 January 1982. . . ◼ She is the eldest of three children born to Michael Middleton (b. 1949), & his wife, Carole (née Goldsmith; b. 1955), a former flight dispatcher & flight attendant, respectively, who in 1987 founded Party Pieces, a privately held mail order company that sells party supplies & decorations. She has a younger sister, Pippa, & a younger brother, James. . 🎓She graduated in 2005 from the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, with an undergraduate MA (2:1 Hons) in the history of art. Before university, during a gap year, she travelled to Chile to participate in a Raleigh International programme, & studied at the British Institute of Florence in Italy. . 👫 Catherine married Prince Willim in Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011. . ◼ On marriage, Catherine assumed the style “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge”. . ◼ They have three children; Prince George (b. 2013), Princess Charlotte (b. 2015), & Prince Louis (b. 2018). .