UK superstar Tinie Tempah has released an exciting extract of his new book, 'My Story So Far', to The Sun newspaper and in it he talks of meeting royalty, how he got his stage name and his dating life. 

One particular memory that's as fresh in Tinie's mind as the day it happened is his encounter with Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton. He explains:

"I saw this guy in a baseball cap and his beautiful girlfriend, waiting for me. I looked under his cap and I froze. I know that face. They just looked like a very normal, happy couple — but it was the future king and queen, Prince William and Kate Middleton."

"He made a little joke about my trousers being so low, saying he thought they were going to fall off halfway through my performance and said he loves going to festivals but he goes incognito. His aide came out with a box of Soleros and there was only four in there but there were five of us in the room. William offered me one and I was like: 'No thanks'. I didn't want to deprive the future King of his Solero!"

Speaking about how he chose his famous moniker, the 'Frisky' hitmaker revealed it was born from an encounter with a thesaurus during class:

"I was flicking through a thesaurus, daydreaming and thinking what I could have as a name. I didn't get very far — I only got up to "A". I saw "angry" and beneath it the word "temper" stood out but I was aware that might sound a bit aggressive, a bit too much, so I randomly stuck "tiny" at the front. By playtime I was Tinie Tempah and that's what I've been called ever since."

The book is available for £14.99 from Ebury and is out now. Check out Tinie's latest collaboration with Labrinth, on 'Earthquake', below: