The Truth About Prince William & Kate's Marriage
18.
Their wedding date was officially considered a national holiday- Kate and Will both tied
the knot at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011.
Their wedding date was declared a national holiday given to British territories, Turks,
and Bermuda, as well as Caicos and the Falkland Islands.
The couple first met in 2001, in college, where they both attended St. Andrews in Scotland.
Kate actually got really shy and started blushing and ran off when she met William for the first
time.
Kate is also the first Royal wife in British History to have a degree!
She has a Masters degree in the History of Art.
William majored in geography.
17.
Spared no expense- The total cost of the wedding came out to be a shocking $34 million.
Their venue was free of charge, but the two cakes cost $80,000, and the flowers cost a
whopping $800,000, and we can’t forget about Kate’s dress which totaled out at $434,000.
Those are insane amounts of money, but would you expect anything less from a royal family.
16.
No makeup artist needed- Kate took four makeup lessons from a makeup artist in London.
Her makeup teacher, Arabella Preston was supposed to come on her big day, but she didn’t have
to, Kate was comfortable and confident enough to do it herself.
15.
Ellie Goulding- Famous British singer Ellie Goulding performed at the royal wedding.
She sang her own version of Elton John’s “Your Song” as the couples first dance.
Ellie said she was so nervous about performing for the royal wedding her hands were shaking.
14.
No ring exchange- You would think the fancy, royal bride and groom would have a point in
their wedding when they show off and exchange their wedding rings, but that wasn’t the
case.
If you’re a big fan of the royal couple, you may have noticed that the Duke of Cambridge
doesn't wear a wedding ring, in fact, he doesn't wear any jewelry.
William made the decision to ditch the tradition and go ringless.
It was his personal preference and something him and Kate discussed prior to the wedding.
Maybe he got the quirk from his grandfather, Prince Philip because he never wore a ring
either.
So ring exchange only went one way in this wedding.
Prince William isn’t one to wear jewelry, but Kate’s engagement ring, of course, is
to no surprise, the same sapphire and diamond stunner that Prince William’s mother Princess
Diana wore.
Prince Harry had been keeping the ring safe but when he found out William wanted to propose
he happily handed it over to him.
13.
Watched by billions- According to several news outlets, the royal wedding was watched
by 2 billion people worldwide.
Almost twenty-three million of those were in the United States alone!
According to a poll for ITV News, one in three Britons will try to avoid watching the royal
wedding.
Seventy-five percent of people said the event would help Britain’s reputation, and I'm
sure it did because almost everyone in the world was watching.
12.
The guest list- The beautiful royal ceremony was held at the Westminster Abbey.
The venue was packed with famous faces and well-known people in the United Kingdom as
well as around the world.
Close to two thousand people crammed in to watch the wedding, nobles, and celebrities
like Victoria and David Beckham were there in person to witness the couple exchange vows.
11.
Prenup- Despite advice from family and royal advisors, William refused to get a prenuptial
agreement on his wedding to kate.
He was told that it might be a good idea to get some kind of legal agreement, but he loves
and trusts Kate so much that he made it very clear that no legal deal was necessary.
10.
How their marriage has changed- It’s already been six years since Prince William and Kate
Middleton walked down the aisle!
Oh how Time flies, and it seems like just yesterday they were glued to each other's
arms.
But lately, they have been a little rocky and having some marriage issues.
It may seem like they have the perfect love story, but Kate and William broke up for a
while in 2007.
Kate said they were both really young and they were in college and still trying to find
themselves.
It worked out for the better in the long run because it allowed both of them to grow up,
and mature, and grow within themselves before settling down.
If they never did that for themselves, they might not be married today.
Kate married William when she was twenty-nine years old, making her the oldest bride in
Royal history.
Princess Diana was only twenty when she married Prince Charles.
9.
A chance to escape Royalty- Right after the two got engaged, Kate had done interviews
about the pressures of the public eye and always being in the limelight and how she
felt about it.
William gave her a chance to back out of the royal life if she realized it wasn’t for
her.
William said in an interview, “I wanted to give her a chance to see in and to back
out if she needed to before it all got too much.
I’m trying to learn from lessons done in the past, and I just wanted to give her the
best chance to settle in and to see what happens on the other side,” he said.
But Kate was willing to deal with a public life and decided to stay and go all in!
8.
The breakup- As you can imagine, being in a longterm relationship with the future king
of England has way more pressure than a regular breakup would have.
The couple mutually decided to split up in 2007; they had been spending more and more
time apart from each other and Kate was becoming more frustrated with William’s party ways.
Kate was devastated and heartbroken over the breakup, but like a lot of young love relationships,
the couple got back together shortly after.
In 2010, William and Kate reflected on their breakup in an interview, and Kate talked about
how she wasn’t thrilled about the breakup when it first happened.
She says she wasn’t very happy about it all but it made her a stronger person and
she learned things about herself that she maybe wouldn’t have realized before if the
breakup didn’t happen.
It’s easy to get consumed by a relationship when you're young, but you have to realize
you need to live for yourself as well, not just for someone else.
7.
The dress that brought them together- They had once met through mutual friends, the event
that had Prince William locked in was Kate’s catwalk during a charity fashion show at St.
Andrew’s in 2002.
The famous dress that brought them together is now a collector’s item.
Kate was wearing a sheer dress, the dress was designed by Charlotte Todd and was sold
at an auction in 2011 for a colossal 78,000 British Pounds, or almost $103,000 in US dollars.
6.
The Royal allowance- Prince Charles is in charge of taking care of royal funds to cover
the expenses of public life for his daughter in law, two sons, and wife Camilla.
The dependants get a portion of about five million dollars to cover wardrobe costs, travel
expenses, and whatever else comes up in the daily life of a royal family.
Prince Charles gets a total allowance of around thirty-one million dollars.
The exact amount that Will and Kate get is not known to the public.
It’s known that Kate and William pay for their own personal things, such as assistants
and nannies. 5.
There's a novel based on their relationship- The book is called The Royal We.
In April 2015, Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks published a novel inspired by William
and Kate’s journey to the alter.
The book actually became a bestseller, the book is not entirely Will and Kate’s story,
it was more of an idea and based upon things were put out to the media, and they made up
the rest and they had the freedom to create the rest and imagine what the behind the scenes
were really like of their love story.
4.
Coat of arms- Since Kate comes from a regular, non royal family, the Queen awarded her family
with an honorary coat of arms when she got married to William in 2011.
The coat of arms bears three acorns, which represents the three Middleton children, Kate,
James, Pippa.
And the background shows the area in England where Kate’s family originated.
3.
Pregnancy- Giving birth to the future prince and princess is pressure enough, but Kate
also suffered from severe morning sickness with both children.
It wasn’t your typical nausea in the morning; this illness basically lasts all day, 24/7.
This condition is relatively rare; it only affects less than three percent of pregnant
women.
Kate had to go to the hospital multiple times to get IV fluids so she wouldn't get dehydrated.
It’s dangerous for both the baby and the mother to go through this.
She had to cancel some public engagements and was hospitalized for a few days during
the beginning of her pregnancy.
2.
Fascinating facts- There were 327 million photographs taken of the royal wedding.
Nikon did research and said one in six photos are expected to be posted of or about the
marriage on social media websites.
A hotel called Alexandra Hotel in Derby offered a wedding free event for people who wanted
to get away from all the royal wedding talk and drink and relax without all the hassle.
They banned the words “wedding” and “royal and if anyone said those words they had to
donate to a “swear box” that they had set up in the hotel bar.
Prince William and Kate Middleton spent their wedding night at the Buckingham Palace.
All previous royal couples generations before them have left London after their wedding
to begin their honeymoon.
This one is pretty crazy; airline passengers were able to participate in onboard “street
parties” on long flights that day on April 29th.
Virgin Atlantic handed out tea and wedding cake, and the crew members and flight attendants
were dressed up as wedding guests!
Another fun fact is William and Harry’s uniforms on wedding day were sweatproof.
They had custom made military attire with sweat-proof materials inside in hopes to not
let sweat show through the uniforms and to keep them cool for the ceremony.
1.The wedding cake- The cake was a gorgeous eight-tier cake, covered in white frosting,
pearls, lace, and flowers.
Kate gave the baker seventeen different leaves and flowers that she wanted on the cake, so
the baker picked a few and incorporated them into the design.
Kate had a lot of input and say in the wedding and what she wanted.
The wedding was very grand but also very personal and had lots of meaning to it.
They also had a piece of lace from Kate’s wedding dress put onto the cake as well.
The flowers she wanted to use were four flowers to represent the four nations in the United
Kingdom.
She chose Shamrocks for Ireland, Daffodils for Wales, Thistle for Scotland, and Roses
for England.
William had his favorite chocolate biscuit fudge cake made; the two cakes cost a whopping
$80,000.
The Duchess of Cornwall planted a tree at St. Mary’s Church in Tetbury to represent
the wedding cake and the marriage.