It's been a busy couple of days for the Duchess of Cambridge and her husband Prince William.
The couple has had back-to-back days of royal engagements - their first since the Christmas break and Kate's landmark 40th birthday.
On Wednesday, they paid a visit to London's Foundling Museum while yesterday they made the trip to Lancashire to visit Clitheroe Community Hospital.
After now being a working royal for almost 11 years, Kate is a member of the Firm that the Queen certainly appears to rely on.
But it seems before she married William, Her Majesty did have her reservations about Kate when it came to her lack of a proper job.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl claims Her Majesty always liked Kate, but was worried she didn't have an identity of her own before she married into the Royal Family.
In her book, The Making of a Royal Romance, Katie writes: "Privately she had grave concerns and believed that Kate needed to have a job and an identity in her own right before an engagement was announced."
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And she's not the only one, with royal correspondent Phil Dampier echoing the claims and saying the Queen was worried about Kate's work ethic.
He added that Kate was eased into royal engagements with William because he was protective of his then-fiancé.
Phil told express.co.uk: "Kate was William's girlfriend for eight or nine years before they got engaged and got married.
"There was a phase where she appeared to be doing very little really.
"The Queen once remarked Kate doesn't do very much so I think she had a fairly long entrance to the Royal family."
But 10 years on from marrying Prince William and becoming the Duchess of Cambridge, it seems The Queen had little to worry about.
Since marrying into the Royal Family and having three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, Kate's confidence has soared.
And royal expert Ingrid Seward says Kate's reserve and willingness to remain in the background has also put her in good stead for royal life.
Ingrid explained: "She is patient, and has the ability to listen.
“And she has discovered she has this ability with people, she is very good with the very young and the very old."
