William had been your best mate since kindergarten. You were both so close. So it was only reasonable that you and William hung out all the time. During college, during boarding school, during summer break, during the weekends. All. The. Time.
So when you entered college with William, same classes and dorm, when William met Catherine Middleton. Suddenly. He had no clue who you were. He met the most important woman in his life and lost the most important friend/woman in his life at the same time.
After they dated for almost a year, Catherine just dumped William. (We're pretending they didn't ever stay together and get married.)
William was wrecked. Since you had moved out of the dorm a month before his breakup, he was alone. It was the worst month of his life after the breakup. He locked himself away in the dorm. Reminiscing, and pittying himself.
During that month, you noticed your ex best friend's missing presence. So you offered to take his work he was missing from his classes to his dorm and check on him.
You stopped by his favorite restaurant and got a his favorite meal to go before heading to his dorm and knocking.