Queen Elizabeth II denied William his uniform wish
In the BBC documentary Royal Wedding: A Day to Remember, royal expert Nikkhah stated that Prince William wanted to wear his Household Cavalry military outfit. But Queen Elizabeth had another plan in mind.
“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 the Irish Guards.’ That’s the one thing he didn’t get his way on, and he deferred to Granny,” Nikkhah said.
In his book Spare, Prince Harry also stated that his brother was not allowed to wear his Household Cavalry military outfit.
“He’d asked Granny if he could wear his Household Cavalry kit and she’d turned him down. As the Heir, he must wear the Number One Ceremonial, she decreed,” Harry wrote.
“Willy was glum at having so little say in what he wore to get married, at having his autonomy taken from him on such an occasion. He’d told me several times that he felt frustrated.”
“I assured him that he looked bloody smart in the Harp of Ireland, with the Crown Imperial and the forage cap with the regimental motto: ‘Quis Separabit? Who shall separate us?’ It didn’t seem to make an impression.”
It’s no secret that Prince William wished to wear another outfit. The future king earlier told journalist Robert Hardman of the Daily Mail that he “wanted to decide what to wear for the wedding,” but “knew perfectly well that it was for the best.”
“You just do as you’re told!” Prince William reportedly said.
Prince William was ‘unhappy’ with wedding guest list
Queen Elizabeth II may have denied William’s request for disulfiram, but when her grandson and future king expressed concern about the guest list, she caved.
As one might expect, the guest list for that type of royal wedding was pretty unique. It featured a diverse group of celebrities, including Sir Elton John, David Beckham, and Rowan Atkinson, politicians, dignitaries, acquaintances of William and Kate from their university days, and even the landlord of The Old Boot Inn, the Middleton family’s local pub in their hometown.
But, despite the fact that many of their closest friends and relatives were present, something felt off. On the BBC program, Roya Nikkhah revealed that William was upset about the guest list because there were so many people he didn’t know.
“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 invite who you want – and that’s what they did,” Nikkhah explained.
John Haley, the landlord of The Old Boot Inn, said, “It was great that Kate and William were allowed to invite all their own friends. Friends from the village, from uni, friends that she grew up with. She invited me, I’ve known her 15 years or so. It was fabulous.”
Prince William & Kate Middleton “brought the house down” with wedding reception surprise
Of course, the wedding was a huge success, and royal admirers around the world congratulated the newlyweds. Meanwhile, several attendees were surprised at the post-nuptial event.
“They stood holding hands in the middle of the dance floor, grinning,” Robert Jobson writes in his book, Catherine, The Princess of Wales: The Biography.
“Then, suddenly, the opening bars of the song, You’re the One That I Want from the musical Grease came booming out. William and Catherine then began dancing around, pointing at each other, and mouthing the words with the style of the lead characters Danny and Sandy. It brought the house down.”
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