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Deputy managing editor Michael Elliott takes us on a tour of TIME’s coverage of all things royal from 1923 to today_ by [Simon Perry / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Simon Perry / People Contributor Jul 3, 2015 6:14 AM UTC  Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attends the Order of the Garter Service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on June 15, 2015 in Windsor, England Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attends the Order of the Garter Service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on June 15, 2015 in Windsor, England Chris Jackson—Getty Images by [Simon Perry / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Simon Perry / People Contributor Jul 3, 2015 6:14 AM UTC Even wearing his normally-unseen eyeglasses, [Prince William](http://www.people.com/people/prince%5Fwilliam) was easy to [spot](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20935222,00.html) among passengers on a flight to Scotland last week. This wasn’t a private flight: Rather, the future king, 33, took his seat on Ryanair, a budget airline headquartered in Dublin that promotes “cheap flights” on its web site. Traveling with a bodyguard on June 22, William was heading to Glasgow for work with the company that now employs him, Bond Air Services. It supplies helicopter pilots for the [East Anglian Air Ambulance](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/www.eaaa.org.uk) charity, and William starts his first full week of shifts, flying [this brand new helicopter,](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20917666,00.html) the week of July 13. In flying budget, he follows in the narrow aisles of fellow VIPs [Brad Pitt](http://www.people.com/people/brad%5Fpitt) and [Angelina Jolie](http://www.people.com/people/angelina%5Fjolie), who [paid a visit to Kensington Palace](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20933848,00.html) last weekend. The Hollywood couple were spotted with their extended clan [taking coach seats](http://www.people.com/article/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-air-france-economy) for a flight from Paris down to Nice earlier this summer. A royal insider notes that William, [wife Kate](http://www.people.com/people/kate%5Fmiddleton) and brother [Prince Harry](http://www.people.com/people/prince%5Fharry) frequently use low-cost airlines. [_This article originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20935222,00.html) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Almost from the time of our first issue, Time has been fascinated by the British Royal Family. In Issue number ten, we mark the marriage of the Duke of York to Elizabeth Bowes- Lyon. He became the wartime King George VI, she the Queen [ INAUDIBLE ]. Who died only in 2002, aged 101. [ MUSIC ] Inevitably, time was rivtited by the abdication crisis in 1936. When Edward the eighth gave up the throne so that he could marry the woman he loved, a twice- divorced American from Baltimore called Wallis Simpson. At the end of the year, indeed, Time made Simpson our woman of the year. The first time that the accolade had gone to a woman. Although the piece was rather catty. Simpson we said had resolved early to make men her career and in 40 years reached the top or almost. Beyond they were together at last. Bravely they faced an unknown future. [ MUSIC ] After World War II was over Britain entered a period of austerity and penny pinching. Lifted by the wedding of Princess Elizabeth now the Queen to Prince Phillip. We noted that she had saved ration coupons to pay for her wedding dress. The young couple happily shared. The supreme day of their lives with their countrymen. Five years later, Elizabeth became queen. And time made her its woman of the year. [ MUSIC ] She was we said, a fresh young blossom on roots that had weathered many a season of wintry doubt. We don't write them like that anymore. The British, we continued [ INAUDIBLE ] their young queen a reminder of a great past and dare to hope that she might be an omen of a great future. Then there was the wedding of the century. Okay, the last entry. When a 20 year old innocent, named Diana Spencer, married the Prince of Wales, bringing light to a dark period of British life. [ SOUND ] What a dame she looks. Now there's a bride any man would be happy to see. Coming down the aisle, towards him. [ MUSIC ] 16 years later, Diana's story ended in tragedy. With her death in a Paris car crash, and her funeral a week later, transfixed the world. Through it all the queen mom had remained a constant in the world's understanding of the royals. When she died at last, an era had passed. Now, with William and Kate's wedding, a whole new chapter in the royal saga begins. 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