Duchess of Cambridge's primary school nickname wasn't exactly fit for royalty
![<i>The Duchess of Cambridge had a cute nickname in school [Photo: Getty]</i>](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/qq.ncgqnLTWDpiAMuBUeJQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD0xODYy/https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/0b9863da378d913b30b6a70fe18c72b9)
It seems like everyone has a nickname for the Duchess of Cambridge. While her real name is Catherine, most like to call her “Kate”. If you’re Prince Harry, you might refer to your sister-in-law as “Cath”, or as the media once teasingly named her, “Waity Katie”, after she and Prince William kept us guessing during an eight-year-long dating stint.
According to the Mirror, the Duchess has revealed another nickname — one that was long buried until now.
During a 2012 visit to her old school St. Andrew’s in Berkshire, Kate told students that she used to be known as “Squeak” – after one of the school’s guinea pigs.
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Unlike Kate, her sister Pippa had a pretty normal nickname: Pip.
“There was one [guinea pig] called Pip and one called Squeak, so my sister was called Pip and I was Squeak,” the Duchess revealed.
As far as embarrassing nicknames go, Squeak isn’t so bad — but for a young woman approaching royalty, a guinea pig’s namesake isn’t exactly regal.
![<i>Pippa, meanwhile, received a much better name [Photo: Getty]</i>](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/yIBU4iIgFvRCj5Ie2tu3tA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY2NQ--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/a61b959d5159b315d5fa1ad3cc2dc129)
Who would have guessed that Catherine “Squeak” Middleton would become the world renowned figure she is today? Perhaps Pip did.
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