TRENDS: Prince William’s First Heartbreak: The Girlfriend He Left for Another Before Kate Middleton… Check her out

There was another girl close to Prince William’s heart before Kate Middleton but there was no bad blood at all and Jecca Craig even attend the couple’s stunning 2011 wedding

Before Kate Middleton caught his eye, Prince William reportedly had another girlfriend – and the couple are even said to have had a “pretend engagement”.

The Prince of Wales met the Princess of Wales in 2001 while they were students in residence at St Salvator’s Hall, at the University of St Andrews, and they became close friends. We know they enjoyed an on-off relationship until they got engaged in October 2010, with the royal couple tying the knot in April 2011. But before they started to fall in love, there was another girl in Wills’ life. It was claimed that some time before, the young Prince dated Jecca Craig when they were both teenagers and they were so close that he spent some time on her family’s estate in Kenya during his gap year.

Jecca was said to be his first love despite courtiers at the time insisting they were just friends. That didn’t stop the rumours from circulating about the nature of their relationship. According to MailOnline, on his 21st birthday party, Jecca travelled to the UK to attend the bash that also had Kate in attendance. He and Kate were secretly dating at that point, but he said in an interview and claimed he was single.

He invited Kate to the party as a friend but insiders say he didn’t spend any time with her at the event – instead putting his focus on Jecca. Kate was seated far away from the action while Jecca was sitting close by. Thankfully, there was no bad blood between them and she attended Kate and William’s wedding. Meanwhile, Jecca married Zoological Society expert Professor Jonathan Baillie.