December 18, 2022 – 00:36 GMT Rebecca Lewis Prince William attends the wedding of his first girlfriend Rose Farquhar. Prince William dated Rose in 2000.
That Prince of Wales visited the His ex-girlfriend’s wedding on SaturdayReuniting with old friends as the Princess of Wales stayed at home with their three children.
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Rose Farquhar married George Gemmell, an old family friend, on Saturday 17 December at the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
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Rose and William met at Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire in the summer of 2000, after William had graduated from Eton but before he attended St Andrews University in Scotland, where he met his future wife, Kate Middleton.
Rose studied acting in New York and appeared as a contestant on The Voice in 2016.
The couple had known each other since childhood and she was reportedly his first serious girlfriend.
Pictures showed William in a tuxedo and no coat as he discreetly entered the church before the ceremony began as snow fell around the village. The newlyweds were also pictured wrapped warmly in blankets as they left the church in a vintage Land Rover.
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Rose wore a snow white fitted long sleeve ball gown wedding dress with fur stole detailing while George appeared to be wearing a kilt.
Other guests included another old flame of William’s, Olivia Hunt, who was accompanied by her lawyer husband Nicholas Wilkinson, as well as Kate’s university friend Rupert Finch, who she dated before William.
Also there was Prince Harry’s sidekick Tom ‘Skippy’ Inskip and William and Harry’s friend Guy Pelly.
Harry’s friend “Skippy” was also seen at the wedding
Rose and George’s wedding was announced in September. Her father told the Chron that George “could not make a more charming son-in-law to look forward to”.
“The Gemmells have been friends of ours for years. We’re absolutely thrilled,” he shared.
Rose attended William and Kate’s wedding in 2011 and was also shown at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018.
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