Prince William and Kate Middleton Used These Clever Code Names to Book Hotel Rooms While They Were Dating

Prince William and Kate Middleton used code names to book hotel rooms while they were dating.

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• According to royal biographer Robert Jobson, they sometimes went by Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

• They also reportedly used the names Martin and Rose Middleton while on vacation in the Seychelles in 2007.

Prince William and Kate Middletonmay live their lives under theroyal microscope, but once upon a time, the duo were simply two young lovebirds trying to avoid the paparazzi. One strategy for doing so? Hollywood-coded pseudonyms. According to royal author Robert Jobson, who penned the 2024 biographyCatherine, the Princess of Wales,William and Kate channeledBrad Pitt and Angelina Joliewhen they wanted to sneak away onvacation.

"For weekends and holidays, he'd often whisk Catherine off to Highgrove or Sandringham or to a cottage on the Balmoral estate," Jobson wrote. "Occasionally, they checked into hotels, using the names Mr. and Mrs. Smith—which doubtless fooled no one."

William and Katebegan datingaround 2002, but the filmMr. and Mrs. Smithdidn't come out until 2005. It's therefore unclear whether they adopted the nicknames later on or just chose them because, asThe Mirrornoted, Smith is a very common surname in the U.K.

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In 2011, Andrew Morton revealed the couple also used the pseudonyms Martin and Rose Middleton during a vacation to the Seychelles, perThe Mirror. William and Kate reportedly went to the island nation shortly after theirinfamous 2007 breakup. They returned in May 2011 for a luxurious 10-dayhoneymoon.

Jobson's new book also revealed William'sothernickname, which he often used at school.

"In 2001, William quietly slipped into undergraduate life at St Andrews, where he used the pseudonym 'Steve' in a rather pathetic attempt to stay under the radar," Jobson shared.The Scottish Sunreported that the young prince hoped to have a "relatively normal experience" as a student and that the name was just one of the things he did so that he "wouldn't draw attention to himself."

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