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"Grandma knows best!\r\nPrince William and Duchess Kate had an awful lot of input planning their historic April 29 wedding -- perhaps the most important coming from William&amp;apos;s grandmother Queen Elizabeth II.\r\n\r\nWilliam, 29, gave his first interview ever about England&amp;apos;s long-reigning monarch, 85, and their relationship, in author Robert Hardman&amp;apos;s new book The Queen, as excerpted in the Daily Mail.\r\nAnd the no-nonsense Queen was happy to advise her grandson on dealing with a daunting invite list for his special day with Kate, 29. &amp;quot;I was given this official list of 777 names... dignitaries, governors, all sorts of people. and not one person I knew,&amp;quot; William says in the interview.\r\n\r\nFlummoxed, William called up the Queen. &amp;quot;I rang her up the next day and said: &amp;apos;Do we need to be doing this?&amp;apos; And she said: &amp;apos;No. Start with your friends first and then go from there.&amp;apos; And she told me to [throw out] the list. She made the point that there are certain times when you have to strike the right balance. And it&amp;apos;s advice like that, which is really key, when you know that she&amp;apos;s seen and done it before.&amp;quot;\r\nBut the Queen was less permissive when it came to her grandson&amp;apos;s wedding day attire. As member of more than one military service in England, the Prince had a choice of uniforms to wear down the aisle.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I was given a categorical: &amp;apos;No, you&amp;apos;ll wear this!&amp;apos;&amp;quot; William said, explaining that he was told to wear his uniform corresponding with his spot at Colonel of the Irish Guards (his most senior military appointment).\r\n&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;So you don&amp;apos;t always get what you want, put it that way.&amp;quot; William, laughing, recalled.  &amp;quot;But I knew perfectly well that it was for the best. That &amp;apos;no&amp;apos; is a very good no. So you just do as you&amp;apos;re told!&amp;quot;\r\nExplained England&amp;apos;s future king of their special relationship: &amp;quot;I say to people, &amp;apos;She&amp;apos;s my grandmother to me first and then she&amp;apos;s the Queen. Words that come from her, I take very personally and I really appreciate...My relationship with my grandmother has gone from strength to strength.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHe continued: &amp;quot;As a shy, younger man it could be harder to talk about weighty matters. As I&amp;apos;&amp;apos;ve got older, she&amp;apos;s become an even more important part of my life, so it&amp;apos;s much easier. And obviously, with the wedding, she was a massive help.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nHe can&amp;apos;t imagine going through that romantic, historic day without her help.  &amp;quot;For me particularly, being the young bloke coming through, being able to talk to my grandmother, ask her questions and know that there&amp;apos;s sound advice coming back is very reassuring...she won&amp;apos;t necessarily force advice on you...She&amp;apos;ll let you work it out for yourself. She&amp;apos;s always there for a question or two, for whatever it is you might need.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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