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LONDON – One of Princess Diana's closest friends has warned Kate Middleton she will be stepping into a strange and unfamiliar world when she marries Prince William on Friday.
Jennie Bond, a former BBC royal reporter who became a Diana confidante during the breakup of her marriage to Prince Charles, lifted the lid on one of the monarchy's quirkier customs by insisting that the queen uses written notes to communicate with her family, even when they are in the same house.
"The royal family does act in an odd way," Bond told the Daily Mail. "Even in their own palaces, they write to each other. When (Prince) Andrew is at Buckingham Palace, and the queen hears he is there, she'll send him a note."
Members of the public might assume that as William's grandmother the queen and Kate would have spent considerable time in each other's company, both at events and in private. However, one of the more telling moments of William and Kate's television interview upon getting engaged was when Kate revealed she had not met the queen until 2008, at the wedding of William's cousin Peter Phillips.
Kate may get written notes from the queen
