Kate first captivated Wills when she became his ‘slave’ for £200

Kate Middleton first won Prince William’s affections when he paid 200 pounds for her during a ‘slave’ auction at a Harry Potter – themed party months before seeing her in a see-through dress in a March 2002 fashion show, reveals a former housemate of the couple.

Laura Warshauer, who lived with the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in St Salvator’s Hall during their first year at St Andrews University and watched them fall in love, also revealed fascinating new insights into the early days of the royal romance. 

“One of my favourite memories was in November of [first] year and we were invited to a Harry Potter party at this castle,” the Daily Mail quoted Warshauer as saying.

“We all got on a big bus to go there and I remember Kate and William dancing together all night”. 

“There was a charity auction where you could bid for the person for the day and Will paid 200 pounds for Kate. She was dressed in school uniform and was stood on these stone steps with us all below.

“No one else was winning Kate that night. They already had that connection”.

“They always had such natural chemistry and it was obvious that Will had his eye on Kate,” she added.

Warshauer is also releasing a song about her memories of the pair as students.