When you’re in a relationship, bonding with your partner’s family can be a bit nerve-wracking.
When your significant other’s relatives include the Queen of the U.K., the stakes are even higher.
However, it wasn’t always easy.
When William started college at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews, he wasn’t contemplating serious romance.
“I’m only going to university.
It’s not like I’m getting married,” he told theBBCin 2001.
After taking time to reflect, they rekindled their romance.
The couple married on April 29, 2011.
Over the last eleven years,Kate and the queen have shared a close relationship.
Kate first met the queen in 2008 at the wedding of William’s cousin, Peter Phillips.
“She was very friendly,” the future Duchess of Cambridge later remarked.
The monarch reportedly took the initiative to seek out the young couple.
The queen felt the match would bode well for her country and her family.
Magazinethat the queen spends time “supporting and nurturing the relationship between William and Catherine.”
Since the Cambridges moved to Kensington Palace, they are conveniently close to Buckingham Palace.
Their relationship is also based on mutual respect.
Kate shows her esteem for the queen by learning all she can.
“She’s proud to be Catherine’s go-to adviser about royal life,” an insider toldUs Weekly.
Elizabeth bestowed the award in recognition for the duchess' service.
Due to her mobility concerns, the queen has demonstrated how muchshe relies on the Duchess of Cambridge.
