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William and Catherine on their romance

Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge are the real deal and as time goes on, their love for one another only continues to soar.
Prince William and Duchess Catherine

Their romance reads like a real-life fairytale – from their fateful meeting at university to their incredible wedding on April 29, 2011, and of course their two gorgeous children.

To celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary, we look back at the couple’s deep love for one another, in their own words.

On their engagement

“We had a little private time away together with some friends and I just decided that it was the right time really. We had been talking about marriage for a while so it wasn’t a massively big surprise. I took her up somewhere nice in Kenya and I proposed,” William said.

“It was very romantic. There’s a true romantic in there,” Kate added.

Watch the pair’s first ever interview together with Tom Bradby on ITV News back in November, 2010 below. Post continues after…

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On their extravagant wedding at Westminster Abbey in London

“It was supposed to be a small family affair,” Prince William joked to father-in-law Michael Middleton as he gave his daughter away.

On Catherine’s sense of humour

“She’s got a really naughty sense of humour, which kind of helps me because I’ve got a really dry sense of humour,” the Duke of Cambridge shared.

The gorgeous couple beamed with excitement when they announced their engagement in 2010.

On their first encounter

“We obviously met at university – at St Andrews we were friends for over a year first and it just sort of blossomed from then on. We just spent more time with each other had a good giggle, had lots of fun and realised we shared the same interests and just had a really good time,” Wills has said.

“Well I actually think I went bright red when I met you and sort of scuttled off, feeling very shy about meeting you. Actually William wasn’t there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn’t there for Freshers Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other but we did become very close friends from quite early on,” Kate remembered.

Duchess Catherine and Prince William

The glamorous pair stunned when they attended the ARK 10th Anniversary Gala Dinner in London in 2011.

On how having children has changed them

“I’m a lot more emotional than I used to be, weirdly. I never used to get too wound up or worried about things. The smallest little things, you well up a little more. You get affected by the sort of things that happen around the world or whatever a lot more, I think, as a father,” the Prince has admitted.

“It’s very emotional. It’s such a special time. I think any parent will know what this feeling feels like,” Catherine said after welcoming George in 2013.

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On their famous break-up in 2007

“I think at the time I wasn’t very happy about it, but actually it made me a stronger person, you find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn’t realised, I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you are younger and I really valued that time for me as well although I didn’t think it at the time,” the mother-of-two has since reflected.

“We were both very young, it was at university, we were both finding ourselves as such and being different characters and stuff, it was very much trying to find our own way and we were growing up, it was a bit of space and a bit of things like that and it worked out for the better,” the future King of England explained.

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On why they work

“When I first met Kate I knew there was something very special about her. I knew there was possibly something that I wanted to explore there. But we ended up being friends for a while and that was a good foundation,” Wills has gushed.

“I think if you do go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other very, very well, you go through the good times, you go through the bad times. Both personally and within a relationship as well. I think if you can come out of that stronger and learn things about yourself,” Kate has said.

Want more on Wills and Kate’s epic love story? Relive the best moments from their 2011 wedding day right here!

The couple are now the proud parents of Prince George and Princess Charlotte!

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