Prince William and Princess Kate married in 2011 (Image: Getty)
Royals are just like us – in some senses, and proved that even he is not immune to family pressure during wedding planning, as he was “unhappy” with one key detail arranged by his grandmother, the late Queen, according to an expert.
The Prince of Wales wed Princess Kate back in 2011 in a lavish royal wedding, but it wasn’t always smooth sailing. In fact, when William was first handed the guest list, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
Speaking on ‘s documentary Royal Wedding: A Day to Remember, royal expert Roya Nikkhah said that William was baffled when he was handed a suggested and realised he and Kate didn’t really recognise any of the names.
The King-to-be told the late Queen Elizabeth that he was unhappy because the guest list didn’t include people he knew. He told her: “I don’t know any of these people”.
Thankfully the late Queen easily relented and let William and Kate start from scratch and choose their own invitees.
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Ms Nikkhah explained: “When the guest list was drawn up [William] was very bemused and had a conversation with the Queen to say ‘I don’t know any of these people’. He wasn’t very happy about it. The Queen just said to him, rip that list up and start where you want to start from and – and that’s what they did.”
Celebrity guests included Sir , David and , Rowan Atkinson and Joss Stone. Kate and William also invited 80 representatives from charities close to the couple’s hearts.
Given that so many of his friends and family were , William broke with tradition and arrived for the ceremony early so he could mingle and chat to everyone before it started. Ms Nikkhah added: “You could see how nervous William was, which I thought was very endearing. playing that wonderful role of jokey side-kick but also very loving brother and trying to keep him calm and distract him.”
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Prince William pushed back against the guest list at his wedding (Image: Getty)
As lenient as the late Queen may have been toward the royal nuptials, she pushed back on other requests from .
The groom had wanted to wear his Household Cavalry military uniform for his big day, but his late grandmother had other ideas.
“The military is everything to William and to Harry. The Queen said no, you’re wearing your Irish Guards. You are the new Colonel of . That’s the one thing he didn’t get his way on, and he deferred to granny,” Nikkhah concluded.