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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Kristin Contino

Princess Kate Once Called Becoming a Member of the Royal Family "A Daunting Prospect" in Resurfaced Clip

Kate Middleton wearing a blue dress and Prince William standing in front of a red wall and gold painting wearing a suit and tie.

Planning a normal wedding is enough to stress anyone out, let alone a royal wedding, but Kate Middleton seemed poised and ready when her engagement to Prince William was announced in November 2010. Wrapping your head around the fact that you're going to become the future queen? That's one thing that did give her a bit of a pause, as evidenced in a resurfaced clip from the couple's engagement interview shared on TikTok.

The future Princess of Wales—who was 28 at the time—looked positively regal in her blue Issa wrap dress and bouncy blowout, but when asked by a member of the press how she felt about marrying into the Royal Family, Middleton was refreshingly honest.

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