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<\/p>\nPrince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage Thursday, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy\u2019s future as other senior royals age or recede from view.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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They now have three children \u2014 seven-year-old Prince George, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, three \u2014 and their family represents several generations destined to head the centuries-old institution for years to come.<\/p>\n
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 is among the most popular monarchy members.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really have as near to normal a family in the Cambridges as we\u2019ve ever seen in the royal family and that all bodes well for the future,\u201d said royal writer Penny Junor ahead of the anniversary.<\/p>\n
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Strained relations<\/strong><\/p>\n The pair have been more in the spotlight recently during a tumultuous period for the royal family that has included the death of Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s 99-year-old husband Prince Philip, William\u2019s grandfather.<\/p>\n The monarchy has also been rocked by Prince Harry and wife Meghan\u2019s shock decision to step back from the institution last year and move to the United States, amid rumors of a rift with his sibling William.<\/p>\n Harry, 36, and Meghan, 39, followed their departure by giving a bombshell television interview in March in which they accused the monarchy of racism, and failing to support them.<\/p>\n Harry also said William and their father, Prince Charles, were \u201ctrapped\u201d by royal convention while Meghan singled out Kate as having made her cry ahead of her 2018 wedding.<\/p>\n The accusations gave a rare glimpse into strained relationships within Britain\u2019s most famous family and the four younger royals, who were once dubbed the \u201cFab Four\u201d.<\/p>\n The explosive charges, which engulfed it for weeks, prompted William to defend the institution he will eventually lead, telling reporters: \u201cWe\u2019re very much not a racist family\u201d.<\/p>\n Harry appeared to begin healing any enduring rift with his brother after reportedly spending several hours with him after Philip\u2019s funeral earlier this month, their first public meeting since the furor.<\/p>\n Very special<\/strong><\/p>\n The saga appears to have won Harry and Meghan few fans in Britain, with surveys showing their popularity remains low while most royals\u2019 have received a boost lately \u2014 likely due to sympathy over Philip.<\/p>\n Kate in particular drew widespread praise for her demeanor and style at his funeral, with a striking photograph of her arriving by car wearing a black veil and face mask making waves around the world.<\/p>\n The image, in which her eyes stare down the camera lens, drew comparisons with William\u2019s late mother, Princess Diana.<\/p>\n \u201cShe has got such poise and elegance and she\u2019s not in competition with William,\u201d Junor added on Kate. \u201cEverything about her is measured. She\u2019s a grown-up.\u201d<\/p>\n The couple, who began dating when they were both studying at St Andrew\u2019s University in Scotland, got engaged in 2010 after William proposed with Diana\u2019s engagement ring.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her,\u201d he said in an engagement interview.<\/p>\n Popularity<\/strong><\/p>\n During their early years as a couple, Kate kept her distance from major monarchy events, but was gradually integrated into her future duties and is widely seen to have flourished as a working royal, and as the family\u2019s unofficial photographer.<\/p>\n With William, they have been especially active during the past year of lockdowns, from baking goods for local vulnerable people to carrying out video calls, supporting key workers, and promoting mental health initiatives.<\/p>\n Polls show they enjoy significant popularity.<\/p>\n William is far more preferred than his 72-year-old father, with around a third of Britons wanting him to succeed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, instead.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Kate is the third most popular family member behind the 95-year-old queen and William. Two-thirds of people had a positive opinion of her, according to a YouGov poll published Tuesday.<\/p>\n Kate has no royal lineage, so officially her title will be Queen Consort when William eventually inherits the throne. But to most, she will simply be Britain\u2019s queen.<\/p>\n \u201cI think she has been absolutely extraordinary and a model of what a future queen should be,\u201d said Junor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage Thursday, with the popular<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/k-1024x685.jpg\")
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