Prince William and Kate Middleton’s marriage continues to be going robust regardless of reviews he employed divorce legal professionals. Former BBC correspondent and royal supply Jennie Bond advised Mirror in April 2025 that the Prince and Princess of Wales’ marriage has by no means been higher forward of their 14th marriage ceremony anniversary on April 29, 2025, which additionally marks the couple’s first anniversary since they went public with Kate’s most cancers prognosis in 2024.
“Their first anniversary after Catherine’s official remission needs to be that further bit particular,” Bond stated. “Each milestone takes them that little bit additional away from the dreadful day when she was recognized with most cancers. After his mom died, William stated he knew it will make or break him and he refused to let it break him.”
The royal supply continued, “I believe they’ve each taken an identical perspective to coping with the brutal yr they’ve simply endured. Their marriage is, I believe, even stronger than earlier than, and it was already a roaring success. I believe they like one another. Quite a bit. And that’s an entire totally different factor to loving each other -which, by the way, additionally they do. Quite a bit.”
Bond defined that what makes William and Kate’s marriage so profitable is William’s parenting type, which is way more concerned than different males within the royal household, like his father, King Charles, or his grandfather, Prince Philip. William and Kate share three youngsters: sons Prince George and Prince Louis, and daughter Princess Charlotte.
“What makes it work? I believe theirs is a fairly equal partnership. William is a way more hands-on dad than his father or grandfather. And I don’t assume Catherine would let him get away with something much less,” Bond stated.
The royal supply continued, “They function as a partnership they usually have such a deep understanding of each other that they will talk when they’re out and about with only a look or a gesture. They appear typically to have personal jokes that make them smile or nudge each other.”
Regardless of reviews that William employed divorce legal professionals, Bond famous that others within the royal household, together with William’s father King Charles, can see how robust his and Kate’s marriage is from the skin.
“I do assume that Catherine’s dad and mom and the King should be delighted that the wedding has labored out so nicely. It’s vital for the monarchy that it really works, however, on a human stage, it’s so comforting for the Middletons and for the King to know that William and Catherine are such a powerful unit and appear in a position to cope with just about something that life throws at them,” Bond stated.
Bond additionally believes that William and Kate’s marriage is so robust due to how they began their relationship as pals on the College of St. Andrews in Scotland. “I believe this offers us all the prospect to see first-hand that theirs is a real love match, constructed on the strongest of all foundations: friendship and the shared expertise of college life,” she stated.
She additionally believes that Kate’s most cancers has solely made her and William’s marriage that a lot stronger. “Most cancers should make you realise that life is brief and is for dwelling and loving. In the event that they really feel like touching or holding fingers when they’re in public, then why the hell not? I believe everybody likes to see how robust their marriage is, and much more so after the trauma of the previous yr or so,” she stated.
The replace on William and Kate’s marriage comes weeks after information broke that William had employed the legal professionals who represented his mom, Princess Diana, in her divorce from Charles. A supply advised The Every day Mail on the time that William employed the legal professionals as a result of he didn’t need to use the identical authorized staff as his father. Earlier than the transfer, William shared Harbottle & Lewis and its associate, Gerrard Tyrrell, with Charles to symbolize him.
“William wished to strike out on his personal. He didn’t need to proceed utilizing his father’s legal professionals. It’s so simple as that. He needs to be his personal man,” the supply stated. The insider, who was described as a “pal” of William’s, continued, “William needs to do issues otherwise from his father and needs to be seen to do them otherwise.”
William’s new authorized agency is Mishcon de Reya, which represented Diana in her divorce from Charles in 1996, one yr earlier than her demise in a automotive crash in Paris. William’s former staff, Harbottle & Lewis, represented the royal household within the 2006 Information of the World phone-hacking scandal.