realized or i think can you get quite consumed by a relationship when you re younger. you know, i really valued that time for me as well, although i didn t think it at the time. if the breakup made kate stronger, it made william certain. he never wanted to be without her again. back together and vacationing, kate and william made a deal. william had a military program and training to complete. he knew he had to do that before he got married. the pledge was if you wait, there will be a ring at the end of the day. quietly, the pair and the palace began planning. you could see how much work was being done behind the scene. she was being trained, she was being groomed and prepared for a far more important role, which is queen in waiting. there was also the matter of kate getting to know her future in-laws. the palace and the queen were acutely aware of mistakes made with diana, that she felt isolated and ostracized and they were determined that wouldn t happen with kate.
he was like holding it in the air and suddenly, even in my drunk state i was like this is probably not a good idea. if william was wild, jules says kate was always in control. and by the spring of 2004, william was ready to introduce his girlfriend to the world. if you take somebody to cloisters skiing, which is the place that your family had been going for the the last many years, it s a pretty clear sign that he s saying to everybody this is the girl in my life. coming up, the perfect romance abruptly ends. prince charles says you can t keep stringing this girl along. if you re not ready to ask her to marry you, break it off.
kate. now the next chapter of this royal story, from william and kate s upbringing to their rocky courtship and royal wedding. it was the william & kate show. now raising an heir, modernizing a monarchy and learning to be will and kate plus one. it was the moment the world had been waiting for, the most talked about courtship of the century. after a decade-long romance, kid middleton and prince william finally tie the knot in a fairy tale wedding. thousands watched outside the church. middleton family friend john haley was sitting in the front row. i was four foot away from everybody, from the queen, prince charles, all the royal
new day crew here. kate bolduan with our special will & kate plus one. have a good night. enjoy kate s special. it s really good. the following is a cnn special report. in london big news in a little package. an heir to the throne it born. her royal highness, the duchess of cambridge, was safely delivered of a son, 4:24 p.m. local time. i was thrilled. i can t believe that we finally after all this waiting know that we have a boy. the first child of william, himself born a prince. may we see your son, your royal highness? and kate, the shy commoner from the countryside. she s not catherine, she s
and that would take a special effort, beginning with charles. kate said she was nervous about meeting charles for the first time but charles went out of his way to make her feel welcome. after nearly ten years of secrecy, break-ups, pressure and paparazzi, it was finally time for william to pop the question. we had a little time of private time away together. with friends. and i decided it was the right time really. we had been talking about marriage for a while so it wasn t a massively big surprise but i took her out somewhere nice in kenya and proposed. it was truly romantic. it was. and that long promised ring? i d been carrying it around for about three weeks before that. i literally never let go of it. i knew if it disappeared i would be a lot in trouble, it was my mother s engagement ring. this was my way of keeping her