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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
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The Princess of Wales Once Played Strategic Peacemaker Between Father and Son King Charles and Prince William

Kate Middleton and Camilla

The Princess of Wales has long been known as a peacemaker within the sometimes volatile royal family, and, says royal author and commentator Angela Levin, this skill was on full display when Kate helped mend the once fractured relationship between Prince William and his father, King Charles, reports The Daily Mail.

The key to bridging the gap between the King and William? Cultivating a relationship with the King’s wife, Camilla, Levin says. In her biography of the new Queen, Levin writes, according to The Daily Mail, “that the Princess of Wales made a real effort to spend time with both William’s father and his stepmother. And that these friendships have enabled Kate to become the family ‘peacemaker.’” 

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