Kate Middleton reportedly caused 'panic at the Palace' before her wedding to Prince William at Westminster Abbey in London on 29 April 2011, after asking to travel in a 1977 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI rather than the traditional Glass Coach, according to royal author Russell Myers.
The wedding was always going to be treated as an exercise in symbolism as much as ceremony, which meant even seemingly modest choices carried unusual weight. In Myers' account, published in his book William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era: The Inside Story, Catherine's decision over how she would arrive became one of those details that looked small from the outside and rather less small within palace walls.
