During a visit to Kenya last October, King Charles gushed over the Princess of Wales, referring to Kate as “my beloved daughter-in-law” as he recounted how Prince William proposed to her in that country back in 2010. Now a working royal for nearly 13 years—and arguably the most popular working royal—Kate is not only family to Charles, but an asset to his work as monarch. Royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith told People that both William and Kate are an “incredible enhancement” to the work of Charles and Queen Camilla, and the outlet reports that Charles and Kate in particular “are quite close,” and that Kate is “in some respects closer to him than William.”
