Prince William Confessed He Couldn’t Sleep the Night before His Wedding

Prince William Confessed He Couldn’t Sleep the Night before His Wedding

Both Prince William and his beautiful bride, Kate Middleton, looked stunning at their royal wedding, which took place just over a year ago. However, the groom now admits that he barely slept the night before the day of his wedding and there were a few other glitches along the way in the wedding preparation process.

With multitude of crowds camped outside the royal residence, Clarence House, in London to make sure they had a good view the next day along the wedding procession route, the noise kept the prince from falling asleep the night before his wedding. "I hadn't slept at all that night because obviously all the crowds were outside," William, 29, says in the upcoming UK TV special "Elizabeth: Queen, Wife and Mother." "They were singing and cheering all night long. So, the excitement of that, the nervousness of me, and everyone singing meant I slept for about [only] half an hour, I think."

In addition to the nerves, the prince also had other issues a typical groom deals with before the wedding, including a much bloated guest list. "There was very much a subdued moment when I was handed a list with 777 names on it – not one person I knew or Catherine knew," he recalled. "I went to my grandmother and said, 'Listen, I've got this list, not one person I know – what do I do?' And she went, 'Get rid of it. Start from your friends and then we'll add those we need to in due course. It's your day.'"

William also said that his traditional wedding attire – he wore his Irish Guards uniform – also concerned him. "The hardest thing was trying to walk down the stairs with my spurs on, sideways," referring to the metal tools attached to his footwear. "I had visions of myself and my brother colliding and crashing down the stairs."

He also said that his relationship with the queen has grown stronger in recent years. "We're definitely a lot closer than we used to be," he noted. "I think being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about or what to ask her. I think over the years that's got a lot better. I've grown up, hopefully, a little bit and tried to understand a bit more about her role and my own role."

Posted by James Fried on Wednesday May 23 2012, 2:05 AM EST. Ref: CNN. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0