When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle emerged from St George's Chapel as husband and wife their wedding was already being touted as a picture-perfect affair.
Sources said the Duke of Sussex explored ways to assume his mother's surname - a move that would have involved ditching Mountbatten-Windsor, used by his children.
The Prince of Wales, 42, was undertaking his monthly 'Duchy day' where he visits the farms and offices on his vast estate, shaking hands and checking in on tenants and farmers.
What happens when you take three of the Mail's royal experts and ask them to watch depictions of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as seen on our screens throughout the years?
Prince William's time at St Andrews University in Fife, Scotland could scarcely have got off to a worse start - and he had his family to thank for that.
Princess Diana was first encouraged to speak with a spiritual advisor by Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, in 1986 while she was struggling with her marriage to Charles.
According to royal biographer Tina Brown, Harry was convinced to sought help from a doctor from the secret service by his then-girlfriend Cressida Bonas.