Royal Family News: What’s So Special About Scotland’s University Of St. Andrews?

British royal family news reveals that most people who have heard of Scotland’s University of St. Andrews are familiar with it as the meeting ground of Prince William and Kate Middleton. They became introduced while students there and the rest is literally history as they will one day be the UK’s King and Queen consort.

But there is much more to know about the prestigious college, starting with its other famous alumni. Who else has walked the halls of St. Andrews? Have you heard of Benjamin Franklin and Andrew Carnegie?

Royal Family News – St. Andrews Is A Magnet For Elite Students

The famed college was founded in 1413 by the Augustinian clergy and it is the third oldest university in the English-speaking world. Despite all of its storied history, today the school is mostly known among royal fans as the place where William met Kate.

The grounds have been called a place where student life is, “a dry run for future social circles.” Besides Prince William, several other notables have inhabited the halls including Lara Johnson-Wheeler the daughter of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Princess Anne de Croÿ-Solre, and James Ogilvy, the son of Princess Alexandra of Kent.

Royal Family News – Who Has Attended The Prestigious University Of St. Andrews?

While she was at St. Andrew’s, Kate Middleton, who is now the Duchess of Cambridge, majored in the school’s popular Art History program.

The school’s motto is, “Ever to Excel,” a phrase borrowed from the Iliad. On a bit of a more debauched note, Prince William once cracked of the school, “It’s often said by the undergraduates of St. Andrews that you leave the university in either one of two states: either married or an alcoholic.”

“Fortunately for Catherine and me, we ended up married.” That’s not entirely accurate as the two married after graduation, but still, he’s right, their fate is better than alcoholism.

Royal Family News: Kate Middleton Attended St. Andrews Where She Met Prince William

On a happier note, the University of St. Andrews marked it’s 600th anniversary in 2013 and this year the Cambridge’s marked ten years of marriage. Today the couple have three lovely children, Louis, Charlotte and George who will one day be king like his father before him.

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