Very famous star had a huge crush on Kate Middleton when they were both at school

The Princess of Wales attended Marlborough College from 1996 - 2000 and she caught the oculus of galore of the antheral students, including 1 up-and-coming prima who was a fewer years younger

Princess Kate is Marlborough College's astir celebrated alumni - but she was by nary means the lone notable sanction to be the apical boarding school.

Prince William's aboriginal woman joined the prestigious co-ed boarding schoolhouse successful 1996, having reportedly endured bullying astatine her erstwhile school, Downe House. She near successful 2000, having gained 11 GCSEs and As successful Maths and Art and a B successful English for her A-levels. A fewer years down the aboriginal Princess was nary different than comedian Jack Whitehall. Jack brought up their shared acquisition astatine the Royal Variety Performance successful 2014 - and helium utilized the juncture to uncover an "inappropriate" secret.

As Jack took to the signifier to immense cheers from the crowd, helium explained however helium knows Kate. "I'm precise excited to beryllium here. I'm particularly excited to beryllium present performing successful beforehand of the Duchess of Cambridge," helium said. "We were really astatine schoolhouse together. This is true. We were astatine the aforesaid school. I was a spot younger than you, but this is the archetypal clip I've seen you since school, truthful hello." Kate could beryllium seen laughing successful her spot and giving him a tiny wave.

Jack past continued: "I don't whether it's due fixed the circumstances, but you were astir apt my archetypal ever crush…Okay, decidedly inappropriate. Your Highness is giving maine a precise crisp look," helium added successful notation to Prince William. Jack didn't get distant with his flirting, and William had thing to accidental astir it aft the show. Recalling their chat during to Jonathan Ross, Jack said: "William came implicit and helium was precise funny, helium was precise bully but precise passive assertive [and said] 'Oh, truthful you were flirting with my missus? Oh no, that was precise funny!'"

It's not the archetypal clip Jack's remarks astir Kate person got him into trouble. More recently, helium speculated astir wherefore helium hadn't received an invitation to King Charles's Coronation. Jack revealed helium had performed astatine Kensington Palace, years ago, erstwhile King Charles had hired him arsenic amusement for his staff's Christmas enactment - and it did not spell well.

"I went retired and they were sat, him and Camilla, successful the beforehand enactment successful thrones, virtually successful thrones," Whitehall told James Corden connected The Late Late Show. "And I had nary microphone truthful I was virtually the tribunal jester for fractional an hour. I did a load of jokes astir Kate Middleton due to the fact that she'd been astatine my school, and I was referring to her arsenic 'the 1 that got away' which helium didn't similar astatine all."

He added: "I virtually bombed truthful hard and afterwards I had to conscionable him and I had to bow and helium said, 'Yes, well, I deliberation adjacent twelvemonth we mightiness effort a magician.'" Kate and Jack are by nary means Marlborough's lone celebrated alma mater. Other notable erstwhile pupils see Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, wartime writer Siegfried Sassoon, writer Dick King-Smith, and vocalist Chris de Burgh. Kate's younger sister Pippa Middleton and Princess Eugenie are besides Old Marlburians, arsenic is Samantha Cameron, and Olivia Grosvenor, the caller Duchess of Westminster.