{"id":266749,"date":"2025-07-16T13:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/266749\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:48:14","slug":"prince-williams-very-notable-act-just-moments-before-marrying-kate-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/266749\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William&#8217;s &#8216;very notable&#8217; act just moments before marrying Kate Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William made a point of speaking to his mom Princess Diana&#8217;s family in the final moments before he married Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4_Members-Of-The-Royal-Family-Attend-Royal-Ascot-2025-Day-TwojpgPrince.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William at Royal Ascot\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Prince William married Kate Middleton more than 10 years ago(Image: WireImage)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Prince William and Kate Middleton&#8217;s love story grew <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/prince-william-broke-royal-tradition-1213833\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"when they married on April 29, 2011Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">when they married on April 29, 2011<\/a>, at Westminster Abbey in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The groom made his way into the venue before his bride, as he was joined by his brother and best man, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/all-about\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Prince HarryLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a>. As they were early, the brothers had a spare moment to greet some of the nearly 2,000 guests in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It was during this that William made a poignant choice over who he spent time with. William took care to speak with relatives of his late mother, Princess Diana, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/news\/us-news\/prince-williams-poignant-three-words-1213113\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"who had prime seats near the front of Westminster AbbeyLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">who had prime seats near the front of Westminster Abbey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/my-chemical-romance-guitarist-fbi-1269028\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Controversial song that landed My Chemical Romance guitarist on FBI watchlist<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/entertainment\/movies\/worlds-richest-actor-billionaire-hasnt-1258062\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;World&#8217;s richest actor&#8217; is a billionaire but hasn&#8217;t had a movie role in six years<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Royal commentator Victoria Murphy reflected on the scene. &#8220;William arrived at the wedding some time before his bride, and so he actually had a chance to mingle within Westminster Abbey and talk to some of the guests,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Royal-Wedding-The-Wedding-Ceremony-Takes-Place-Inside-Westminster-Abbey.jpg\" alt=\"Royal Wedding - The Wedding Ceremony Takes Place Inside Westminster Abbey\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot in 2011(Image: Chris Jackson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">She continued, &#8220;Very notable, I think he went over to Princess Diana&#8217;s family, who had a very prominent position right at the front of the Abbey next to the Middleton family, and really spent quite a bit of time talking to them, talking to her sisters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Murphy noted the significance of this gesture. &#8220;That really feels very representative of how important a part of that day she was, even though she wasn&#8217;t there,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">William also shared a poignant three-word comment with Kate on their wedding day. As the Princess of Wales entered Westminster Abbey with her father, Michael Middleton, William and Harry stood by the altar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Harry glanced back at Kate approaching and whispered to William, &#8220;Right, here she is now.&#8221; William was delighted to see his bride and told her, &#8220;You look lovely. You look beautiful,&#8221; as she met him at the altar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kate&#8217;s sister Pippa Middleton also complimented her, saying, &#8220;You look amazing.&#8221; Beforehand, as they left the hotel for the Abbey, Michael asked Kate if she was feeling okay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">When they reached the entrance of Westminster Abbey, Michael paused and checked on his daughter once again. She insisted she was doing well, CBS reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kate also shared a sweet comment with her husband following the ceremony as she told him, &#8220;You look happy.&#8221; The late Queen Elizabeth also described it as an &#8220;excellent&#8221; wedding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Click <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMNaI0wswpaTqAw?ceid=GB:en&amp;oc=3\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sign up to our FREE Entertainment newsletter and get the top showbiz stories to your inbox<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=04221e2e-688a-4d6a-af5a-861cf64333ad&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here<\/a> to get the latest celeb gossip, plus all the biggest film and TV news from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince William made a point of speaking to his mom Princess Diana&#8217;s family in the final moments before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-266749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114863230527799477","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}