Kate and Her King: How the Cambridge Romance Reenergized an Institution

DYNASTY: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year

Kate and William’s epic wedding on April 29, 2011, was just one more fairy-tale scene in one of the 21st century’s most famous love stories—a love story that is important not to the media world and its rabid consumers, but to the future of a dynasty reeling from scandal and inner turmoil. This episode will explore Kate and William’s long courtship, rare rocky moments, and precisely what it will mean for Kate to be the first “commoner queen.”

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