Kate Middleton’s unusual demand on her wedding day caused an uproar among the royal staff.
The Princess of Wales, who married Prince William in 2011, wanted a special vehicle to ride on her way to the venue.
Writing in the new book, William & Catherine: The Monarchy’s New Era: The Inside Story, royal expert Russell Myers has revealed how courtiers were upset by Kate’s choice.
Myers shared, “Courtiers were also surprised when Catherine expressed her wish not to travel in the traditional horse-drawn glass coach used by Diana, Princess of Wales, and Queen Elizabeth.”
“Although tradition was at the forefront of her mind, Catherine wanted a modern slant on the proceedings and her view was that she was not yet a ‘princess’ who would use such a means of transportation.”
Kate ultimately decided to come to her wedding in “a 1977 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI, which the manufacturer had gifted to the Queen on her Silver Jubilee”.
