According to Kate Middleton's college roommate, Prince William paid £200 in a charity auction to win a date with her even before the 2002 fashion show that was believed to have sparked their decades-long romance.

Many people will use this fresh cycle to draw up their 2025 goals, write down their resolutions, and take stock of their gratitudes, including the Prince and Princess of Wales. Following a difficult year that saw Princess Kate get diagnosed with and battle cancer,

Bigger than the shift in how Kate will approach the logistics of her schedule, however, is the shift in the Wales' priorities going forward—and how they'll approach their dual roles as working royals and devoted parents to their three children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.