Despite all the pomp and circumstance surrounding the royal life and a wedding watched by billions
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are refreshingly normal.
Still, the royals are nothing if not private, so let's dig into a few of the lesser known
details of their romance.
Here's the untold truth about Prince William and Kate Middleton's marriage.
Wedding broadcast
Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding was one of the most highly anticipated events
in royal family history.
Complete with a celebrity guest list, lavish trappings, and most of the family traditions
upheld, the live-televised nuptials were a spectacle to behold.
And behold it the world did, to the tune of approximately two billion viewers.
The wedding day, April 29th, 2011, was officially marked on the calendar by then-Prime Minister
David Cameron, who said,
"We want to mark the day as one of national celebration a public holiday will ensure the
most people possible will have a chance to celebrate on the day."
According to "royals expert" Katie Nicholl, the idea for the national holiday was all
Will and Kate.
She told Good Morning America:
"They wanted a Friday.
They wanted a spring wedding and they wanted to give the country a day off."
Is there anything in the world more regal than having the power to grind a nation's
economy to a halt so people can watch you get married on TV?
That's some serious power right there.
Media blackout
Speaking of the power of the royal family, there was a very good reason that Prince William
and Kate Middleton's college courtship wasn't daily tabloid fodder.
According Julian Knight, a schoolmate who spoke with CNN, the way Will and Kate avoided
the glare of the spotlight was through a "media blackout" arranged between the press and the
crown.
The fledgling lovers were able to go out on dates without a trail of paparazzi following
them.
That's not to say that the press wasn't ravenous for details of Will's college life.
According to Knight, reporters invaded campus on graduation day, when the so-called gentlemen's
agreement ended.
Oh well, all good things end eventually, right?
Rocky slopes
There haven't been many bumpy waves on the pleasure cruise that is Prince William and
Kate Middleton's marriage.
However, during a Spring 2017 ski trip in Switzerland, William seemed intent on testing
those waters.
According to Vanity Fair, William ditched Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey
to hit the Swiss slopes with some guy friends.
While there, someone recorded him "dad dancing" and "putting his hand on the waist of a mystery
woman" while partying at a nightclub.
Kate was said to be "less than pleased" that while she was home tending to the kids, William
was allegedly getting day-wasted with an Australian model.
Neither Will nor Kate ever publicly addressed the scandal, but we imagine there was plenty
spoken about it within the walls of Kensington Palace.
Royal BFFs?
Though the royals are notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to speaking about each other
in the press, Prince Harry and Kate Middleton have let a few words slip.
In June 2016, Harry told Newsweek that Kate is "the big sister he never had."
"She's a fantastic girl she really is my brother is very lucky and she is very lucky for my
brother and I think the two of them are a perfect match."
In April 2017, Kate called Harry "brilliant" and agreed that he was a "hero" for his public
statements about dealing with his mental health struggles.
Of course, close watchers of the royal family have also picked up on many more instances
of the warm dynamic between the in-laws over the years.
The Daily Mail alone cites "the London Olympics, weddings, Trooping the Colour, or even somber
events like the World War I centenary commemorations in Belgium in 2014" as times when Harry and
Kate were obviously getting on quite well.
Morning sickness streak
As if giving birth to the future heir to the throne wasn't pressure enough, Kate suffered
from severe morning sickness with all three of her pregnancies.
Kate even needed to receive IV fluids to avoid dehydration.
As such, Kate was in the hospital for three days during her pregnancy with Prince George
and had to cancel most of her public engagements during the early days of her pregnancy with
Princess Charlotte.
Unfortunately, history repeated itself in September 2017 when the royal couple announced
Kate was pregnant with their third child, but was again suffering.
However, Kate and baby were just fine in the end.
She delivered the couple's second son, Louis Arthur Charles, on April 23rd, 2018.
Storybook romance
In April 2015, co-authors Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan published a novel inspired
by the Duke and Duchess' relationship called The Royal We.
The novel follows Bex Porter, an American student at a prestigious British university,
who falls in love with the heir to the British throne.
Cocks explained:
"Yes, it was an idea borne of watching their, seemingly, courtship in the media, but through
Bex's eyes we had the freedom we needed to imagine all the potential behind-the-scenes
emotions and conflicts of that love story."
The crown jewels
Prince Charles holds the royal pursestrings for his family, while the dependents get a
portion of about $5 million to cover travel expenses, wardrobe costs, and more.
Though the specific cut that Will and Kate receive is not public knowledge, it's not
as though they're waiting around with their hands out.
Kate is worth an estimated $10 million thanks to her work with her parents' wildly successful
party supply business.
William is no slouch in the income department, either, having inherited $15.6 million from
his mother, according to Yahoo.
Perhaps the best way to put this all into perspective is to point out that William donated
his full salary as a helicopter pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance, a reported
$62,000 per year, to charity.
If that doesn't say "financially secure," we don't know what does.
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