Followinng Queen Elizabeth II death in September 2022. members of the royal family were subject to various title changes. Of course, the then-Prince Charles took on the role of King, but Prince William and Kate Middleton also changed their official titles, too. They had previously been styled as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a gift from the late Queen when they married in 2011, but as Charles became monarch the Prince of Wales title was passed down from him to his eldest son.
It was often assumed that William would inherit the Prince of Wales title from his father, and that consequently, Kate would then be referred to as the Princess of Wales. However, one royal biographer claimed that she almost 'refused' to use it given its history and association with William's late mother, Princess Diana. In Robert Jobson's royal biography, Catherine, The Princess of Wales, he detailed the challenges Kate faced when it came to accepting the title - and why she almost followed in Queen Camilla's footsteps.
