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The Prince and Princess of Wales' intimate public gestures of affection have been highlighted in a new viral video by fans on social media site TikTok.
Renewed interest in William and Kate's relationship has spiked this year as the couple's love story is set to be dramatized in the final installment of the hit Netflix royal show The Crown.
William met Kate while the pair were studying at St Andrew's University in Scotland in 2001. They became friends first and began dating soon after. The couple's relationship was first reported by the press in 2004 when a media agreement was broken during a skiing vacation with Prince Charles (now King Charles III).
Photos of the prince and future princess skiing together were run on a tabloid front page and from there onwards, Kate has been the subject of increasing media focus.
In 2010, William proposed during a vacation in Kenya, and the couple married at Westminster Abbey in 2011. Together they have three children: Prince George (born 2013), Princess Charlotte (born 2015) and Prince Louis (born 2018).
In recent years, the couple have become the subject of numerous viral videos and social media posts, with many focusing on their public displays of affection (PDA).
Uploaded to TikTok by user royal_secrets24, on November 10, one of the most recent contains a compilation of clips showing the couple, mostly taken from official engagements in 2023.
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William and Kate have increased their number of public engagements over the past year, since taking up their positions as Prince and Princess of Wales—senior royal titles given to them by King Charles in one of his first acts as monarch.
One clip used in the compilation showed the couple walking the red carpet of the 2023 BAFTAs in London, with Kate playfully patting her husband on the butt to catch his attention.
Another showed the royals during a sports charity visit in October, where the prince was caught on camera intimately moving a strand of hair from his wife's face as they spoke to a community member.
Captioned "so this is love?" the video has been viewed over 1.3 million times on the social media platform so far, gaining in excess of 110,000 likes and over 120 comments, many of which have praised the royal couple.
"Adorable moments," wrote one TikTok user.
"They are going to make the best king and queen and I'm thankful I'll be around to see it happen," posted another, with a further user adding: "They are such a fabulous couple."
William and Kate's early years together will form a partial focus in the second part of The Crown's final season, airing on Netflix on December 14.
For the show, Kate will be played by newcomer actress Meg Bellamy, and William by Ed McVey.
James Crawford-Smith is Newsweek's royal reporter, based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jrcrawfordsmith and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page.
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