William & Kate Cozy Up to Fans!

Forget formal bows and curtsies. As they work to modernize the monarchy, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, both 40, have been going against protocol that’s long kept the royals at a distance from their subjects — with the pair even taking selfies and doling out hugs while meeting well-wishers on a recent trip to

Scotland. William Burns, who got to embrace the future king (inset), called the up-close-and-personal encounter in May “quite emotional.” “It felt like a son hugging a father,” raved the sexagenarian. “I was overjoyed.”