Rupert Finch was 22 years old and wrapping up his studies when a 19-year-old Kate Middleton began her first term at St Andrews. Despite their age difference and the fact that he was studying law while she was in the History of Art department, they hit it off and began dating. According to author Robert Jobson, who penned 2006’s “William’s Princess,” they bonded over a shared love of sport (Finch was on the university’s cricket team) and a similar upper middle-class upbringing. As Jobson discovered, per the Daily Mail, Finch grew up in a huge farmhouse in Fakenham, Norfolk, England and had his own royal connection, as the home is located on land owned by Earl Spencer. Finch is said to also have been handsome and studious and, as Jobson put it, “He was considered by some more Kate’s ‘speed’ than a future king.”
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However, despite being a seemingly great match, they were together for less than a year because Finch’s life soon reached a different milestone. He graduated and began a traineeship with solicitors Mills & Reeve; then, according to LinkedIn, he went on to build a career by “working in the advance materials, chemicals, automotive, battery, fuel cell, life science, and medical components sectors.” After 11 years at chemicals company Johnson Matthey, he was appointed General Counsel for Williams Advanced Engineering in 2021.
