A resounding number of readers agreed: Rose Farquhar is their favorite amongst William's exes. 43% of readers voted for Farquhar, with Isabella Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe coming in second with 26% of the vote. 14% of readers' allegiance was with Jecca Craig. Finally, Davina Duckworth-Chad and Carly Massy-Birch were last in our poll, with 10% and 7% of the vote, respectively.
It seems likely that readers are fond of Farquhar because she was, according to the Daily Mail, William's "first serious girlfriend." The pair met back in 2000 at the Beaufort Polo Club in Gloucestershire, in between William's time at Eton and St. Andrew's. As the daughter of Captain Ian Farquhar (the former master of the famed fox-hunting pack, Beaufort Hunt, and former equerry to the Queen Mother), Rose Farquhar and William likely ran in similar circles. Katie Nicholl, author of "The Making a Royal Romance," described the time they shared together as "an innocent, tender romance."
Although the pair went their separate ways, they appear to have stayed on good terms, with Farquhar on the guest list for William and Kate's wedding back in 2011. William was also a guest at Farquhar's wedding to George Gemmell in December 2022. And while Kate likely felt (or feels) no threat from Farquhar, this doesn't seem to be the case for all of William's exes.
