Prince William and Kate mark their 10th anniversary with stunning portraits - but there's a sweet detail you probably missed

Prince William and Kate Middleton have shared two new portraits together in honour of their 10 year wedding anniversary.
- Prince William and Kate Middleton have marked their 10th wedding anniversary together with two lovely pictures on their Instagram account.
- The photos were taken by Chris Floyd at the Cambridge family's London home - Kensington Palace.
- This royal news (opens in new tab) comes after the Queen sent touching cards to everyone who paid tribute to Prince Philip after his death (opens in new tab).
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have celebrated their 10 year wedding anniversary with two new official portraits together.
The couple's love story (opens in new tab) began while both were studying at the University of St Andrews and got engaged in 2010 while on holiday in Kenya.
Prince William and Kate Middleton married (opens in new tab) in 2011 at Westminster Abbey. 26 million Brits and 300 million people worldwide tuned in to watched the second in line to the throne (opens in new tab), marry the future Queen consort (opens in new tab).
Prince Charles gave a touching speech (opens in new tab) at their wedding reception, saying the family was "lucky to have" his new daughter-in-law.
The couple now share three children - Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte five, and Prince Louis, who celebrated his third birthday (opens in new tab) last week.
Their anniversary pictures captured the Cambridges looking very loved up and happy - and there was one sweet detail that royal fans picked up on.
William's watch is showing 11:39 am, suggesting that the Duke and Duchess were able to get time alone for the photoshoot while their kids were at school or nursery.
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The gorgeous portraits were posted on the couple’s Kensington Royal Instagram account. The first showed the couple candidly smiling with each other, Prince William with his arm around Kate and holding her hand.
The second picture showed the couple embracing and Kate flashing her gorgeous sapphire engagement ring, once worn by Princess Diana when she got engaged to Prince Charles.
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One wrote, ‘Sending all the love to this amazing couple! Here is to many more Years 🥂❤️ And Thank you for those stunning photos!!!’
Another commented, ‘Beautiful! Happy Anniversary! A fairytale marriage just like your lovely grandparents, Prince William.❤️’
A third said, ‘Beautiful photograph! Wishing all the best to Their Royal Highnesses on their 10th wedding anniversary!😍❤️💍’
Naomi is a Trainee News Writer with the Lifestyle team and has worked with the team for seven months. She has a background in design, having studied Illustration at Plymouth University but has taken a leap into the world of journalism after always having a passion for writing. She currently writes pieces on fashion, wellbeing, and entertainment for Goodto.com and My Imperfect Life and is training for an NCTJ Qualification.
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