Prince Harry Described Kate Middleton in 3 Words When He First Met Her

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Prince Harry and Kate Middleton used to be extraordinarily close, with the Duke of Sussex describing the Princess of Wales as 'the big sister he never had.'
In Spare—Harry's 2023 memoir—he describes the three words that first came to mind when he met Kate in the early 2000s.
Harry and Kate's once close relationship has cooled amid the ongoing rift between Harry and his older brother, Prince William.In the past, Prince Harry referred to sister-in-law Kate Middleton as 'the big sister he never had,' and the two were extraordinarily close.
'There was no filling the hole left by [Princess] Diana's death, and Harry seemed to be growing up without someone emotionally available he could lean on,' Newsweek reported of the late Princess of Wales' death in a Paris car accident on August 31, 1997, when Harry was just 12 years old. 'Kate has helped fill some of that gap.'
Now, though, as the relationship between Harry and his older brother Prince William has cooled to the point of a nonexistent relationship between brothers, his relationship with Kate has become strained, as well. But let's think back, shall we, to a different time—when Harry first met Kate, when both William and Kate were college sweethearts at the University of St. Andrews. Upon meeting the woman who would one day marry his brother, Harry described her in three words: carefree, sweet, and kind.
That's how the Duke of Sussex put it in his 2023 memoir Spare, recalling that he 'liked his new girlfriend' when he met her. Harry noted in the book that she'd done a gap year in Florence, Italy, 'and had an interest in photography, art, and clothes,' according to Hello!.
To the clothes end, Kate helped William and Harry pick out outfits for a 'fancy-dress birthday party' with a 'cringy' theme: 'Natives and Colonials.'
'Harry, who admitted to disliking both fancy-dress parties and themes, was particularly unenthusiastic about this one,' according to Hello!. 'However, William's new girlfriend, Kate, offered to help them find outfits.'
Harry also wrote about how he enjoyed making Kate laugh and how he connected with her 'heavily disguised silly side.' When speaking about William and Kate's wedding on April 29, 2011, Harry wrote about how much he loved Kate and how he found in her the sister he'd never had and always wanted. 'He added that he was pleased that she'd forever be by William's side and how she was a good match for his older brother,' Hello! reported.
Royal biographer Christopher Andersen said of the two that 'Harry was always close to Kate, and he always said she was the sister he never had.'
'They always had this banter,' he added, per The Daily Express. 'They had similar senses of humor.'
It's unclear the last time that the formerly close Harry and Kate have spoken, but Harry said recently in a BBC interview earlier this month that 'There have been so many disagreements, differences between me and some of my family.'
Of Spare, he continued, 'Of course, some members of my family will never forgive me for writing a book. Of course, they will never forgive me for lots of things. But I would love reconciliation with my family.'
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