With the death of the Queen of England and the succession of Charles, Prince William also became the first in line to the throne.
As the wife of Prince William, it is only a matter of time before Princess Kate is crowned Queen of England.
As the saying goes, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight, from a commoner woman to a future queen, Kate's journey is actually not easy.
Looking back on her ascension process, there are struggles, bitterness, and, of course, the most indispensable "scheming" for survival in the royal family.
In order to marry Prince William, Kate did not hesitate to bet ten years of youth before successfully holding the flowery William in her hands.
It was a girl's best decade, and fortunately, she won the bet.
Kate's family background is not good, and in the Victorian era, her ancestors barely made ends meet by mining. It wasn't until her mother married Michael, who worked for an airline, that she got out of the bottom of society through marriage.
Although she was only from a middle-class family, Kate's parents had always raised her to the standards of high society.
In the words of those around her, Kate has behaved appropriately since she was a child, and her gestures are appropriate when doing things, and her posture is also elegant.
Later, Kate's mother, with her keen business acumen, started by making party bags and founded a party planning company. As business got better and better, they were able to send little Kate to an expensive private school.
From this point on, this family finally had the opportunity to intersect with the children of the real famous family.
In school, Kate performed better, not only academically, but also in other aspects, properly referred to by her parents as "someone else's child".
She is very good at sports, breaking school records in high jump, winning trophies in swimming, skiing, basketball, volleyball, badminton, hockey and so on.
She is good at singing and dancing, loves drama, and often participates in various school performances and competitions. It is precisely because of this outstanding dazzling light that she successfully attracted the attention of Prince William in the future.
In fact, long before meeting William, Kate had already taken him as her dream lover. Sometimes when she was playing with her girlfriends, she would discuss the possibility of marrying a prince.
"No one can compare with Prince William ... I guess he must be very kind, just look at it. ”
Because of this, Kate was also jokingly nicknamed "Princess-to-Princess" by her friends. But I'm afraid no one at the time would believe that this girl who was daydreaming would one day really become William's princess.
Kate, however, isn't just talking.
In order to get close to William, in 2001, she gave up the opportunity to study at the University of Edinburgh, took a year off, and waited until the following year, choosing the University of St Andrews.
"Coincidentally", William, who was in the same class as Kate, chose to go to the Army for military training after graduating from high school, and also went to college a year later.
William's choice of school is the same St Andrews University as Kate.
Even more "coincidentally", Kate and William, both majoring in art history, live in the same dormitory building. With such unique conditions, they don't need to be carefully arranged to see each other from time to time, and Kate naturally blends into William's circle.
But at first, Kate didn't get Wilhelm directly. At school, there are too many girls who want to fall in love with William, the fifth strongest diamond king in Britain, and many of them are more beautiful and active than Kate.
Faced with all kinds of admirers, William initially chose a brown-haired girl named Carly, but broke up soon after.
After that, William fell into confusion.
Frustrated, he was not satisfied with the course, and tabloid reporters sneaked into the campus from time to time, not only leaving him without privacy, but also always asking him about his late mother Diana.
A series of unsatisfactory things left William physically and mentally exhausted, and he was once entangled in whether to leave the University of St Andrews and change to a school close to home.
For this reason, Charles had dissuaded William, as it would obviously have a negative impact on William's reputation. However, according to people familiar with the matter, the key person who made William decide to stay at the University of St Andrews at that time was actually Kate.
Kate not only succeeded in persuading William to stay, but also advised William to abandon art history and revise his favorite geography. Sure enough, William later did the same.
This incident undoubtedly warmed William's heart to a great extent, but it alone was obviously not enough to capture the prince. At a charity fashion show in 2002, Kate conquered William in one fell swoop with a bold move and became a turning point in her life.
At the show, sponsored by designer Saint Laurent, Prince William bought the front row of VIP seats for £200. Kate, on the other hand, walked onto the catwalk in a sexy black sheer suit.
Years of exercise make Kate's figure different from ordinary girls, with wheat-colored skin and looming muscle lines contrasting with each other, with a unique healthy beauty.
When Kate walked towards William in such a dress, William's brain had a brief downtime. Immediately, with a smile on his face, he admired the graceful figure of the female classmate on the catwalk with interest.
Obviously, Kate's bold outfit made William feel excited. Shortly after that, the two lived together.
However, William did not want to disclose the relationship to the public, until 2004, when the two of them were photographed kissing while skiing in Switzerland, and their relationship was revealed to the world.
It turns out that life after becoming William's girlfriend is not good, after all, the two have a huge disparity in status, staying by William's side, Kate often has to endure William's bad temper.
And the young and vigorous William is not willing to hang himself on the tree of Kate, he always throws flowers and grass, and Kate is also separated, and the relationship has gone through twists and turns.
But as a vulnerable person, Kate did not show a sense of loss and decadence, and in the days of leaving William, she lived a dashing and comfortable life, seemingly unaffected by emotional turmoil.
In this way, on the contrary, William was the first to sink his breath, and after going around in circles, he returned to Kate's side.
In 2010, William finally made up his mind and proposed to Kate after three months of trial marriage.
On April 29, 2011, Prince William and Kate got married in the city of London, and the British royal family finally accepted this commoner girl from a humble background.
From 2001, when she took a one-year break from school, to officially marrying into the royal family in 2011, Kate worked hard for 10 years.
In the past ten years, a wonderful "cat-and-mouse game" has been staged between her and William, which makes it difficult to distinguish who is the prey and who is the hunter for a while.
Of course, during this period, Kate also took huge risks, after all, the ten years of her youth were solid, and her contribution to William was also real.
This is the history of Princess Kate's ascendancy. From a commoner woman to a quasi-queen, if you want to achieve such a huge class leap, in addition to being good enough, how can you lack some "scheming"?