<p>Kate Middleton plotted to study alongside Prince William by dropping a year to land at St Andrews University after his choice for the academic institution was made public, a new book has claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kate Middleton, 31, rejected her first choice of university and took a gap year so she would be an undergraduate at the same time as her future husband, according to the book 'But Kate: The Future Queen' by newspaper journalist Katie Nichol.<br /><br />Previously it had been claimed Kate was told to apply for a place at St Andrews University by her "pushy" mother Carole Middleton.<br /><br />The book claims that Kate snubbed an offer to study at Edinburgh University and plumped for St Andrews after the Prince's choice was made public, the Daily Mirror reported.<br /><br />She gambled on getting a place at St Andrew's by taking a gap year at the same time as the Prince in the hope they would arrive at the same time, the book claims.<br /><br />Jasper Selwyn, a careers adviser at Kate's former school, Marlborough College, and Joan Gall her house tutor, confirmed to Nichol that her first choice of university had been Edinburgh.<br /><br />They said that despite achieving the required grades for Edinburgh she turned it down and decided to take a gap year, just as William was doing, and reapply for St Andrews.<br />William and Kate's romance flourished shortly after they both arrived at St Andrews in 2001 to study art history.<br /><br />The book also reveals how Kate's "jittery" mother later confronted William over his intentions towards her daughter.<br /><br />It said she was worried about the absence of a ring on Kate's finger and cornered the Prince when he visited her family just before Christmas 2009.<br /><br />The couple had briefly split in 2007 before getting back together.<br /><br />A family friend quoted in the book told how William reassured Carole that there would be an engagement and marriage.<br /><br />The couple were engaged the following November and married on April 29, 2011.<br />Since their first child George was born on July 22, Carole has become the most famous grandmother in Britain.<br /><br />She and her husband, Michael, were the first family members to visit the new baby after his birth, ahead of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.<br /><br />Another of the Middletons' friends, former neighbour George Brown, is quoted in the book as saying: "It was a condition when Kate and William got married that Carole and Michael would be a part of the grandchildren's lives".</p>
<p>Kate Middleton plotted to study alongside Prince William by dropping a year to land at St Andrews University after his choice for the academic institution was made public, a new book has claimed.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Kate Middleton, 31, rejected her first choice of university and took a gap year so she would be an undergraduate at the same time as her future husband, according to the book 'But Kate: The Future Queen' by newspaper journalist Katie Nichol.<br /><br />Previously it had been claimed Kate was told to apply for a place at St Andrews University by her "pushy" mother Carole Middleton.<br /><br />The book claims that Kate snubbed an offer to study at Edinburgh University and plumped for St Andrews after the Prince's choice was made public, the Daily Mirror reported.<br /><br />She gambled on getting a place at St Andrew's by taking a gap year at the same time as the Prince in the hope they would arrive at the same time, the book claims.<br /><br />Jasper Selwyn, a careers adviser at Kate's former school, Marlborough College, and Joan Gall her house tutor, confirmed to Nichol that her first choice of university had been Edinburgh.<br /><br />They said that despite achieving the required grades for Edinburgh she turned it down and decided to take a gap year, just as William was doing, and reapply for St Andrews.<br />William and Kate's romance flourished shortly after they both arrived at St Andrews in 2001 to study art history.<br /><br />The book also reveals how Kate's "jittery" mother later confronted William over his intentions towards her daughter.<br /><br />It said she was worried about the absence of a ring on Kate's finger and cornered the Prince when he visited her family just before Christmas 2009.<br /><br />The couple had briefly split in 2007 before getting back together.<br /><br />A family friend quoted in the book told how William reassured Carole that there would be an engagement and marriage.<br /><br />The couple were engaged the following November and married on April 29, 2011.<br />Since their first child George was born on July 22, Carole has become the most famous grandmother in Britain.<br /><br />She and her husband, Michael, were the first family members to visit the new baby after his birth, ahead of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.<br /><br />Another of the Middletons' friends, former neighbour George Brown, is quoted in the book as saying: "It was a condition when Kate and William got married that Carole and Michael would be a part of the grandchildren's lives".</p>