In episode seven of the final series of The Crown, a flashback scene shows the teenage Prince William selling The Big Issue on the streets of London with Princess Diana. A young Kate Middleton, out shopping with her mother, buys a copy from him and their eyes meet.
There’s a spark between them. An attraction, though William, an awkward adolescent at the time, looks a little flustered. The Big Issue bringing together the future king and queen. What a story!
The next time they meet, William and Kate are at university in St Andrews and the spark that first ignited between them during a brief transaction, the sale of The Big Issue overseen by both of their mothers, eventually bursts into a flame. The rest is history.
The Royal Family, of course, has a long relationship with The Big Issue. Just a
