Kate Middleton Reportedly Faced Pushback Before Royal Wedding: ‘Knives Were Out For Kate’

Royal Author Talks About Prince William And Kate Middleton's 'Epic' Love Story

Andersen told Fox News Digital that Kate and William's "love story is really epic in its own way," adding: "It really signifies the royal family’s leap from the 20th century into the new millennium."

"As I pointed out in my book, Kate is a transformative figure: a descendant of coal miners whose mother grew up in public housing and worked as a flight attendant before starting her own children’s party planning business at home," the William and Kate: A Royal Love Story author continued.

The Press 'Went Crazy' After William And Kate's Relationship Became Public Knowledge

Andersen, who has also written Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan, also talked to the outlet about the media attention that Kate and her family had received as soon as the news of her relationship with the heir to the throne became public knowledge, saying: "The press went crazy, just as it had when Charles started dating Diana."

He went on to say that "Kate handled all the pressure with amazing strength, calm and grace," but the same couldn’t be said for her royal boyfriend. "William, meanwhile, was having nightmares that the woman he loved might meet the same terrible fate Diana did," Andersen explained.

"So many women have fallen victim to palace intrigue, and from the beginning, knives were out for Kate," he added. "Many high-place aristocrats and their handlers did not want to see the future King of England involved in a serious romance with a middle-class commoner, no matter how intelligent, beautiful or capable she was." We assume (and hope) that most if not all of the people who initially doubted the Princess of Wales have changed their minds!