It is well known that being in the royal family comes with various rules of what can and cannot be done in public.
02.08.2023 - 11:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The royals have some anecdotes that prove they’re just like the rest of us and one involves a tale of what happens when you get caught short while you’re out and about. The royals and daughterKate Middletonhad to venture into a south London pub back in 2018 to ask if they could use the facilities after the youngster told her mum she needed the toilet.
Pulling over their black Range Rover as it made its way through the city, the pair then pulled up outside the Phoenix Pub in Stockwell and went inside hand-in-hand. Customers couldn’t believe what they were seeing and how normal the mum and daughter seemed, as writes the Mirror.
Maggie McKinney, a regular at the pub, told MailOnline at the time: "I was sitting in my usual chair and when I looked up I saw Kate Middleton, I mean the Duchess of Cambridge and her daughter Princess Charlotte. The little kiddie just trotted in with her mum, went to the toilet and then trotted out. They could not have been in the pub for more than ten minutes. They seem very nice, totally normal. Princess Kate was holding her daughter's hand. Princess Charlotte was just any other little girl.'
There had been some security measures in force that were visible to those in the pub, hinting at some extra special visitors about to step in. A plan clothes police woman, believed to be a protection officer, had come in to have a look around first and asked the bar staff if a child would be able to use the bathroom. This summer Charlotte will be making a trip up north to Balmoral, where her late great grandmother Queen Elizabeth passed away last September. It was her annual tradition to host family at the estate in summer and this year, King Charles will be at Birkhall with Queen Camilla while
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It is well known that being in the royal family comes with various rules of what can and cannot be done in public.
Members of the Royal Family must abide by a series of strict rules and codes of conduct at all times, whether that is adhering to specific protocol, attending events or arriving in a particular order. While household rules are certainly not as steeped in pressure, the Prince and Princess of Wales also have a selection of rules for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to follow at home.
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When the Princess of Wales appears at her various engagements, she often speaks about her three young children and what their favourite hobbies are. It is clear from her public appearances that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis take after the Princess in many ways - from their love of sports to enjoying cooking.
The royals each make numerous appearances every year and are almost always given some form of memento from their visit - whether this be flowers, a small gift or something more substantial.The number of bouquets that the likes of the Queen, the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal receive every year will likely be close to a thousand, if not more. But what happens to them? It seems that the family have a series of well-practiced rules which dictate exactly what happens with the gifts and flowers they are given by officials and members of the public.
King Charles III has bestowed new military titles to Prince William, the next in line to the British royal throne and his eldest son, as well as his wife, Kate Middleton. Buckingham Palace announced this week that William now holds the titles of Colonel-in-Chief of The Mercian Regiment, Colonel-in-Chief of The Army Air Corps, and Royal Honorary Air Commodore of the RAF Valley.As for Kate, she is now Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, and Royal Honorary Air Commodore of the RAF Coningsby.Other members of the royal family to receive new military titles include King Charles himself, his wife, Queen Camilla, the king's youngest brother, Prince Edward, his wife, Sophie, Charles' sister, Princess Anne, and the late Queen Elizabeth II's cousin, Prince Richard.
Kate Middleton was given new titles by King Charles III — one of which has a meaningful connection to her late grandfather. The 41-year-old, her husband Prince William, and seven other members of the working royal family were the recipients of 21 honorary military appointments in the British armed forces, Buckingham Palace announced on Friday.
Kate Middleton uses a special secret trick to avoid being spotted in public when she wants to head out on a private outing, it has been revealed.The Princess of Wales, who is married to Prince William, both 41, was outed by former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown in a thrilling tell-all from her latest book, The Palace Papers.Tina claimed that the princess opted to set her alarm unsociably early every day just so she could slip out of the royal households and get some "me time".The royal then decided to head out to her favourite public spots so she could enjoy some time alone before anyone else appeared, according to the magazine journalist. By setting off for some solo adventures at dawn, Kate could then also avoid photographers and reporters, as well as regular people going about their day.
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The Royal Family are well-known for taking good care of their health by ensuring they take regular exercise and watch what they eat.The late Queen was perhaps the most well regarded for watching her diet and preferred simple dishes with lots of fruit and vegetables over any with thick and heavy sauces. Another such royal who has become famed for leading an incredibly healthy lifestyle is the Princess of Wales. However when she was pregnant with her third child, Prince Louis, she experienced some rather weird cravings.
Kate Middleton reportedly faced a ‘cutting comment’ from her grandmother-in-law, the late Queen, over her choice of renovation. The Prince and Princess of Wales were gifted the luxury Anmer Hall country retreat on the Sandringham estate as a wedding present from Her Majesty.
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married Prince Harry in 2018, according to some loose-lipped royal watchers.An infamous incident allegedly occurred when the Duchess of Sussex, 41, claimed Middleton, also 41, made her burst into tears just days before her nuptials at St. George’s Chapel.
Sky News discussing jokes with guests Aldith Grandison, 93, and her daughter, Jay Cee La Bouche.Kate can be heard admitting, “I’m terrible. I’m terrible at jokes,” adding that Prince William is “very good” at them.When Grandison suggested “You’re the strict one” in the royal duo, Kate was quick to laugh it off, saying, “I’m definitely not strict! How can you tell that? Surely not!”Both William and Kate are keen on providing a healthy dose of normalcy to the royal lives and roles of their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, a palace insider recently told People.“Those children look pretty happy with life,” the source said.
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she can’t rib the royal.Kate Middleton, 41, has some cheeky nicknames for Prince William, 41, according to one royal source, including one endearing moniker for his smooth head — “baldy.”Tom Quinn, who is the author of the February 2023 book “Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family,” claimed that he was told by palace staff that the Prince and Princess have pet names for each other, just “like all couples,” according to The Mirror. The author reported that Middleton calls William “babe,” but also has some sassy names for her husband, like “Big Willy” and “baldy.”These comebacks were apparently concocted after the “nudge” that the late Queen Elizabeth II used to tell Middleton, which was that she “didn’t have a full-time career” before getting married to her husband.
The Daily Express, the late Queen Elizabeth II was the first in the family to learn that George had arrived in 2013 due to royal protocol, as the reigning monarch is “always notified first.” The queen passed away in September at the age of 96, after a 70-year reign.George, meanwhile, celebrated his 10th birthday on Saturday.William reportedly delivered the news of his birth to the queen with a specially encrypted phone — before the couple could tell their own friends and other family members.William and Middleton, both 41, had to make sure the queen liked the prince’s name, as she had to approve it, The Daily Express reported.Prince George Alexander Louis was born at 4:24 p.m. on July 22, 2013, at St.