OUR LOVE REIGNS! WILLIAM & KATE'S PRIVATE PARTY

Behind closed doors, the future king and queen quietly celebrated two blissful decades together

The Prince and Princess of Wales marked their 10-year wedding anniversary with much fanfare in April 2021, but friends say the still-smitten couple privately celebrated what they consider a much more significant milestone.

The end of 2022 marked a full two decades of William and Catherine's love story, with the pair getting together in 2002 after meeting at Scotland's University of St Andrews.

Speaking exclusively to Woman's Day, a source close to the couple says, "It was a year of quiet celebration for Wills and Kate. They didn't want a fuss, but they did want to honour a very special - and surprisingly up and down - 20 years of loving each other."

Despite Prince Harry recently taking a sly dig at the couple, claiming members of his family tend to "marry someone who would fit the mould, as opposed to somebody who you are perhaps destined to be with", we're told Wills and Kate still enjoy a fairytale romance.

And things have only got better since William, 40, and Kate, who turns 41 on 9 January, moved their family of five from London's stuffy Kensington Palace to cosy Adelaide Cottage at Windsor Castle.

"It's been nothing flashy, but after 20 years and the rigours of royal life, they've just made an effort to spend more time with each other," says an insider. "Now they're closer to Kate's parents, they've been calling on them for babysitting duties so they can get out more." 

According to our source, Wills has been "treating Kate to date nights", including Sunday roasts at their favourite country pub, The Old Boot Inn, in Stanford Dingley, near where Michael and Carole Middleton live.