Key moments in the courtship of William and Kate

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Key moments in the courtship of William and Kate

The Associated Press Published Friday, April 29, 2011 3:10AM EDT

In this image made available in London, Monday, March 7, 2011, by The Middleton Family, Kate Middleton smiles following her graduation from St. Andrews University, Scotland, on June 23, 2005. (AP / The Middleton Family)

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Key moments in the courtship of Prince William and Kate Middleton, who marry on April 29.

September 2001: William enrolls at St. Andrews University in Scotland, where he meets Kate -- a fellow art history student.
March 2002: Kate models a transparent dress over clearly visible black lingerie at a charity fashion show at St. Andrews. It's widely reported that William paid for a front-row seat at the show.
September 2002: William and Kate move into a shared student house with two other friends.
May 2003: The couple are pictured deep in conversation at a rugby match, sparking rumours of a romance.
June 2003: Kate is a guest at William's 21st birthday party at Windsor Castle; in an interview he denies he has a steady girlfriend.
March 2004: William and Kate's romance becomes public when they are pictured together on a Swiss skiing holiday. Later that year, media reports that the couple split briefly as William complained of feeling claustrophobic.
April 2005: Kate does not attend the wedding of William's father the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles in Windsor.
June 2005: William and Kate graduate in the same ceremony at St. Andrews.
December 2006: William is commissioned as an army officer in front of the queen at Sandhurst and joins the Household Cavalry as a second lieutenant. Kate attends the ceremony.
April 2007: British newspapers report that William and Kate have split up. Prince Charles' Clarence House office refuses to comment, but does not deny the report.
July 2007: Media in the U.K. report that William and Kate have rekindled their romance.
April 11, 2008: Kate is seen at William's side at his graduation ceremony from the Royal Air Force, taken as a signal by royal watchers that their relationship is now serious.
June 2008: Kate attends the Order of the Garter service at Windsor Castle, the first time she has appeared at a formal royal public event.
February 2010: Asked by a member of the public about the prospect of a royal wedding, William says: "You'll have to wait a while yet."
October 2010: Prince William proposes to Kate Middleton on a private holiday in Kenya.
November 2010: Clarence House officially announces the engagement.
December 2010: Kate and William attend a charity event to raise money for cancer research, Kate's first official event as a royal fiancee.
February 2011: First wedding invitations sent out.
February 2011: William and Kate revisit St. Andrews University, where they first met. The university created a scholarship in the couple's honour, as a wedding gift.
April 2011: William and Kate visit Lancashire on their last official trip before the wedding.

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Undated photo released Monday Feb. 14, 2011 by Kerry Taylor Auctions of designer Charlotte Todd with the dress she designed, which was worn by Kate Middleton at the St Andrew's University charity fashion show, in 2002.
Prince William, with his girlfriend Kate Middleton, watch the England against Italy Six Nation rugby match at Twickenham stadium in London, Saturday Feb. 10, 2007. (AP / Alastair Grant)
Prince William and Kate Middleton leave the wedding of their friends Harry Mead and Rosie Bradford in the village of Northleach, England, in this Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. (AP / Chris Ison, pa)