Prince William's pre-wedding clash with late Queen that taught him vital lesson in protocol
dailyrecord.co.ukPrince William and Kate Middleton's 2011 royal wedding was a spectacle watched by millions worldwide, all eager to witness the couple's fairytale nuptials.
However, in the lead-up to the grand event, William found himself at odds with his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, over his attire for the day.Initially, he had chosen to wear an Irish Guards frock coat, but after a disagreement with the Queen, he opted for her preferred choice - the red tunic of the Irish Guards.
This experience taught him a valuable lesson: "don't mess with your grandmother".In a post-wedding interview with ABC, William admitted: "What I really wanted to wear was the Irish Guards frock coat.
We had a couple of discussions on this matter but, as I learnt growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother. What she says goes."The Queen had insisted that he wear the red tunic of the Irish Guards, a role he had been appointed to just months before the wedding.
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