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"On the eve of his April 29, 2011 wedding, Prince William didn&amp;apos;t get much shuteye.\r\n&amp;quot;[The crowds] were singing and cheering all night long, so the excitement of that, the nervousness of me and everyone singing -- I slept for about half an hour,&amp;quot; the 29-year-old royal tells TV host Alan Titchmarsh in Elizabeth: Queen, Wife, Mother, airing in the U.K. June 1.\r\nSleepiness was the least of his worries, however. &amp;quot;The hardest thing was trying to walk down the stairs with my spurs on, sideways. I had visions of myself and my brother [Prince Harry] colliding and crashing down the stairs.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nIn the months leading up to his big day, &amp;quot;there was very much a subdued moment when I was handed a list with 777 names on it -- not one person I knew or Catherine knew,&amp;quot; William recalls. &amp;quot;I went to [Queen Elizabeth] and said, &amp;apos;Listen, I&amp;apos;ve got this list, not one person I know -- what do I do?&amp;apos; And she went, &amp;apos;Get rid of it. Start from your friends and then we&amp;apos;ll add those we need to in due course. It&amp;apos;s your day.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nVIDEO: Relive all the highlights from the royal wedding\r\nIn addition to talking about his stylish wife, 30, William also opens up about the tight bond he has with his grandmother, 86. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;re definitely a lot closer than we used to be. I think being a small boy it&amp;apos;s very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about or what to ask her.&amp;quot;\r\nHe adds: &amp;quot;I think over the years that&amp;apos;s got a lot better. I&amp;apos;ve grown up -- hopefully -- a little bit and tried to understand a bit more about her role and my own role.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nKnowing he&amp;apos;s destined to become the King of England one day, William admits: &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s not much wriggle room left for me to try and find my own path, but I will do. It&amp;apos;s just a matter of learning what&amp;apos;s gone before me.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Everyone&amp;apos;s fascinated by the Queen&amp;apos;s life and how she&amp;apos;s done it. And I would just hope that a bit of what she&amp;apos;s done and a bit of what she&amp;apos;s achieved, and a bit of how she&amp;apos;s conducted herself, we all take away in our own lives and try and do it ourselves,&amp;quot; William says. &amp;quot;I would like to take all of her experiences, all of her knowledge and put it in a small box and to be able to constantly refer to it.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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