Think fast: Where were you 12 years ago today? If you were in the U.S., did you get up before the sun rose to catch the biggest royal wedding since Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s nuptials in 1981? April 29, 2011, marked the wedding day of Prince William to the then Kate Middleton—the couple now known as the Prince and Princess of Wales. The pair took to Instagram to share a never-before-seen photo shot by one of their favorite photographers, Matt Porteous, to mark their anniversary, and, while their royal wedding seemed pretty picture perfect to the naked eye, The Daily Express reported that there were three big mishaps on the big day. (Hey—they happen to all of us.)
Many brides and grooms get day of jitters on their wedding day, even if they’re 100 percent sure they’re marrying the right person. (William certainly took his time making sure of just that; the couple dated for eight years before marrying and were friends for two years before that.) Add in that this wedding would be watched by 162 million people around the globe and, yeah, it’s a pressure cooker. William “was very nervous,” The Daily Express reports, and William himself admitted he had only slept “about 30 minutes” the night before. He told reporters he was nervous about “the whole thing.”
