The Princess of Wales and pop star Harry Styles have become the focus of a new viral video as social media fans on TikTok have resurfaced footage of the pair meeting at a charity event in 2014.
Kate and Harry were introduced during the annual Royal Variety Performance in London, which sees high profile acts invited to perform and raise money for people in the arts.
The performance is traditionally attended by members of the royal family and in 2014, Prince William and Kate took their seats in the royal box for the first time since their marriage three years earlier.
The line-up of stars for the evening included Ed Sheeran, Bette Midler, Shirley Bassey, Demi Lovato, Ellie Goulding, and One Direction.
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At the same 2014 event performed at by One Direction, British comedian Jack Whitehall addressed the royal box during his set to tell Kate that the pair had attended the same school, Marlborough College, together before she met William.
“I don’t know whether its appropriate given the circumstances,” he told the princess. “But you were probably my first ever crush.”
James Crawford-Smith is Newsweek‘s royal reporter, based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jrcrawfordsmith and read his stories on Newsweek‘s The Royals Facebook page.
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