Children
Further information: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Pippa Middleton Catherine (left) and Pippa (right) MiddletonTheir first daughter, Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton, now known as HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, was born on 9 January 1982. After finishing at Marlborough, she went to study at University of St Andrews. It was here, while living at St Salvator's Hall, that she met Prince William. After a long relationship, and a six month engagement, she married Prince William at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011. In December 2012, it was announced that Catherine and William are expecting their first child. The announcement followed the duchess' three-day hospital stay and diagnosis with hyperemesis gravidarum, a form of acute morning sickness.
Their second daughter, Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton, born on 6 September 1983, attended the same schools as her sister Kate and then studied English literature at the University of Edinburgh. There she shared a house with Lord Ted Innes-Ker, a son of the Duke of Roxburghe, and with Earl Percy, heir of the Duke of Northumberland. Following graduation, in 2008 she took an events management / marketing job with Table Talk, a London-based events catering company. She also writes for The Party Times, an online magazine which is an off-shoot of her parents' company.
James William Middleton, their youngest child and only son, was born on 15 April 1987. He was educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne and Marlborough College. He started a degree in Environmental Resources Management at the University of Edinburgh before leaving in 2006 after one year to start his own cake-making business, the Cake Kit Company. Both of Catherine's siblings played a prominent role in their sister's wedding: Pippa was the maid of honour and James read the lesson. His company lost £16,858 at the end of April 2012.
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