Royal Future: William And Kate Celebrate 10 Years Of Marriage By Joe JACKSON
on April 29 2021 1:37 PM
Prince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage Thursday, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy s future as other senior royals age or recede from view.
Second-in-line to the throne William, 38, and Kate, 39, married at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, after first meeting at university and then dating for more than seven years. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, drew widespread praise for her poise during Prince Philip s funeral this month POOL / CHRIS JACKSON
They now have three children seven-year-old Prince George, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, three and their family represents several generations destined to head the centuries-old institution for years to come.
For as well as the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, it emerged the Queen had given William and Kate Anmer Hall - a 12-bed Georgian mansion on a secluded corner of her 20,000-acre Sandringham Estate, near King s Lynn.
Anmer Hall, which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were given by the Queen
- Credit: Ian Burt
Prince William left his role as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot based at Anglesey, in North Wales, in September 2013.
In August 2014, it was announced he would be joining the East Anglian Air Ambulance as a pilot, flying from its base in Cambridge. The career move was accompanied by a house move, as the Cambridges made Anmer Hall their main home with their son Prince George, who had been born on July 22, 2013.
London: Prince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage Thursday, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy s future as other senior royals age or recede from view.
Second-in-line to the throne William, 38, and Kate, 39, married at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, after first meeting at university and then dating for more than seven years.
They now have three children - seven-year-old Prince George, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, three - and their family represents several generations destined to head the centuries-old institution for years to come.
After 10 years carrying out solo and joint royal duties as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, as they have been formally known since tying the knot, the couple are among the most popular monarchy members.