Although Princess Kate and Prince William will one day take on the roles of Queen and King, they're both perfectly capable of setting healthy boundaries. According to one royal expert, the Princess of Wales has always questioned certain aspects of palace life, as she wants a different existence for her children—Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
In the new book Divide and Rule: Royal Women and Their Battles, royal author Catherine Mayer provides insight into Princess Kate's early days within the Royal Family.
"[Princess Kate and Prince William] lived on the Welsh island of Anglesey while William served as a search-and-rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force, then relocated to the 10-bedroom Anmer Hall in Norfolk so he could take up a post at the East Anglian Air Ambulance service," Mayer explains. "Their idyll, however, was drawing to a close in more ways than one."
Mayer continues, "Soon, William would be called upon to stop playacting at being a regular person and embrace his destiny as a full-time royal. Even then, he and Kate would push back, maintaining a schedule designed to give their children something closer to Middletonian nurturing than the haphazard upbringing that scarred generations of royals."
It seems that Princess Kate was unprepared to give up any semblance of control when it came to raising her children. Since then, much has been written about Kate and William's approach to family life. In fact, the Prince and Princess of Wales appear to have nurtured an incredibly close family unit, leaving some royal traditions—such as one day living in Buckingham Palace—in the past for the sake of their family.
