Royals—they’re just like us. How so? Well, it turns out that you’re not the only one whose first crush was the lead in the school play.
Before Prince William, there was Andrew de Perlaky, the duchess’s classmate and co-star in a class production of My Fair Lady. While Kate went on to become the Duchess of Cambridge, Andrew stayed on the theater track and is now a professional actor, best known for his appearances as Downton Abbey’s Sir John Bullock in 2013.
According to royal biographer Katie Nicholl, Kate Middleton had a huge crush on Andrew at school.
In her book Kate: The Future Queen, Nicholl writes: “Andrew played the role of Freddie, who falls for Eliza, but she rebuffs him. There was a twist of irony to the tale, for in real life, Kate had quietly fallen for Andrew, the blond-haired, blue-eyed chorister with the voice of an angel. He was the best-looking boy in her year, and Kate had gotten to know him well as they were both in the school choir, but sadly for her, Andrew was already ‘dating’ her friend Fiona Beacroft.”