Prince William’s anxiety over university life comes to light
How anxious Prince William was during his time at university has just been brought to the surface
An expert has just taken a trip down memory lane and recounted the pure anxiety that reportedly following Prince William when he first stepped foot in university.
The entire conversation happened between Charles’s press secretary, Colleen Harris and author Robert Lacey for his book Battle of Brothers.
“I think he was really nervous when he arrived,” she said in her trip down memory lane about the heir’s time at St Andrews University in Fife, Scotland.
Because “all the press were there – cameras from all over the world – and it suddenly hit him. He was very unsteady for a while after that,” she added of the then-19-year-old.
The small town is also said to have become ‘boring’ for the prince, as there were only three main streets in the town, namely North Street, Market Street and South Street, according to the Daily Mail.
Not to mention he had also gotten his bottom pinched by a female admirer during his early days.
In his book, Mr Lacey also recalled how the months progressed after the fact and wrote, “As the term progressed, the winter weather soon grew cold, grey and austere, and he found it difficult to make new friends.” Plus “he missed his brother too.”
For those unversed, Prince William studied the History of Art during his time at St Andrews but quickly became bored after a while and asked King Charles to be moved the outlet claims.
Overall, “he was miserable. He had had enough of small town life – and all the travel arrangements that he needed to escape it.”
However, a change of course, and his desire to move to the University of Edinburgh was not easily accommodated its been revealed.
“It would have been a PR disaster for St Andrews if he had left after one term,” something akin to a ‘snub’ towards the Scottish people” Mr Lacey warned as well.
Thing did change for him however, after he met his now-wife Kate Middleton walking a charity fashion show for the university.
The couple are now parents to three children, their oldest and heir apparent Prince George, a daughter Princess Charlotte as well as their youngest Prince Louis.
