You may have noticed that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton), has shared more glimpses into her life as a royal mom and divulged a bit more personal information about herself in the recent months.
11.02.2022 - 21:27 / ok.co.uk
Kate Middleton underwent elocution lessons to sound "more regal" before marrying Prince William, a royal expert has claimed.The claim has been made ahead of the 40 year old's appearance on CBeebies Bedtime Stories on Sunday, when she will read The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark to children watching across the nation. And while the Duchess of Cambridge was always well spoken, royal expert Duncan Larcombe says she didn't always sound the way she does now.
Speaking exclusively to OK!, Duncan says: "I first spoke to Kate in April 2005 when she was on a ski trip with Prince William, Prince Charles and Prince Harry in Switzerland. He continued: "She was always well spoken, she went to Marlborough College College, she was hardly the fishwife in the way she spoke.
"But, having said that, it's as though her accent and the way she carefully speaks and pronounces her words have become more regal over the years and morphed into what we see now. "It's almost like her accent has changed in accordance with the role that she's played over the years.
"As a royal girlfriend she just had to be prim and proper and polite and she always was, she always smiled for the cameras and she always said very little when we heard her talking. "She was every bit the Prince's girlfriend material and, of course, now she has an accent that is fitting of someone who will be Queen." Duncan adds that it has "never been denied" that Kate had elocution lessons, and that it is a decision she would have made by herself and not on the advice of the Royal family.
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.You may have noticed that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton), has shared more glimpses into her life as a royal mom and divulged a bit more personal information about herself in the recent months.
When Kate Middleton met Prince William they were both studying at St Andrew University in Scotland. The couple lived with friends throughout their studies before graduating and moving in together. After marrying in 2012, the first home they shared as newlyweds was in Wales where they lived before they had children.
Prince William and Kate Middleton are enjoying a trip to Wales!
Sometimes, the sidelines are the most fun place to be…at least Prince George, 8, made them look that was as he hilariously stuck out his tongue and whispered with parents Prince William and Kate Middleton while attending a rugby match on Feb. 26. The trio were all smiles, class, and British spirit in new photos, where they chuckled amongst themselves, sang along to the national anthem, and cheered on their home team.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been eyeing up a prep school in Berkshire for Prince George to attend when he finishes Thomas’s Battersea this summer. Prince William and Kate Middleton are understood to be preparing Prince George for a move to the Home Counties. The future King will finish at Thomas’s Battersea in summer and the current plan is for him to move to a prep school in Berkshire, with Lambrook near Ascot and Ludgrove School, where Prince Harry and Prince William both went, front runners.
Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, confessed she "will not have any more children" despite often feeling "broody".
While Kate Middleton met with parents and young children at the Copenhagen Infant Mental Health Project at the University of Copenhagen, the Duchess of Cambridge remarked that she sometimes thinks about having another kid. “It makes me very broody,” Kate, 40, said, per Page Six. “[Prince] William always worries about me meeting under-one-year-olds. I come home saying, ‘lets have another one.”
Kate Middleton met with Danish royalty on Wednesday during her Royal Tour of Denmark. The 40-year-old Duchess of Cambridge met Mary, the Crown Princess of Denmark, who took the British royal on several local outings. Princess Mary, 50, is the wife of Frederik, the Crown Prince of Denmark, who is next in line to the Danish throne.
Kate Middleton is having some fun during her official visit to Denmark!
Kate Middleton paid tribute to Denmark in a themed ensemble as she began a solo two-day trip to the country on Tuesday. The Duchess of Cambridge is visiting alongside The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood to drive awareness on the extraordinary impact of the early years.
Kate Middleton was once asked if she was Prince William’s “assistant” during a royal visit and gave a hilarious response.The future Queen proved she had a sense of humour during a visit to the Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff in August 2020. William, 39, and Kate, 40, paid a visit to the home in person after previously joining the residents virtually for a game of bingo during lockdown.
Kate Middleton was just like anyone else when it came to her 21st birthday.
Kate Middleton's incredible wardrobe has become famous in it's own right.The Queen in waiting as a result is known as the most influential and fashionable members of the Royal Family. Whether it's setting tailoring trends or putting fashion brands on the map, there is nothing that the 40-year-old can't seem to influence.
In spite of their busy schedules, when it comes to looking after their children, Kate Middleton and Prince William are extremely hands-on parents. Breaking away from royal tradition, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoy doing the school run, embarking on outdoor adventures and being with their kids as much as possible in order to give them a ‘normal’ childhood. However, though their style of parenting may differ from that of royals before them, it doesn’t mean that Kate and William don’t know how to be firm with their children too.The couple, who are parents to Prince George, eight, Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three, are said to have one important rule in their home.
Kate Middleton has been announced as the latest in a long list of famous faces to read a book on CBeebies Bedtime Stories.This Sunday, the Duchess of Cambridge will read The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark on the children's channel, becoming the first member of the Royal family to do so. But the 40 year old is not the first member of the Royal family to read a children's story on television, and is actually following in the footsteps of her father-in-law. Prince Charles, 73, published his own children's book, The Old Man of Lochnagar – which he wrote to raise main for The Prince's Trust – back in 1980 and, four years later, he took to our screens to read it.
Whether she’s dazzling us on the red carpet or attending a royal engagement, The Duchess Of Cambridge always has her finger on the fashion pulse. From her elegant midi dresses, to her chic blazer collection, the much-loved royal is forever giving us outfit envy.