Royal engagement: Who is Kate Middleton?

The basics

According to the Washington Post celebrity blog, two of the most-searched terms related to Middleton have been related to her height and her age. Middleton, who is 28 years old, is 5’10 – rather tall for a woman and, according to one blog, “the height of a model.”

Middleton was an art history major at St. Andrews University and after college joined the British clothing chain Jigsaw as a buyer. That job may have spurred the fashion sense that has landed Middleton on multiple “Best Dressed” lists, according to CNN.

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