Princess Kate was “well out of her comfort zone” according to a royal author who claimed the queen-in-waiting was “feeling nervous” when she launched the Back to Nature Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2019.
Omid Scobie, who wrote Endgame which was published on Tuesday, claimed palace aides “never pushed her too hard” because her main royal duty was to produce “heirs and spares”.
He wrote: “Kate was feeling nervous and ‘well out of her comfort zone’ before the taping. ‘It was just not an area she felt confident in and, up until that point, other household staff hadn’t really pushed her,’ a Kensington Palace source said.
Scobie added: “Not long after their marriage, some critics deemed her ‘lazy’ because she avoided regular royal duties.
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“Over the years, several factors made it easier to circumvent too many public-facing events, including William’s fierce protectiveness and her vital role of producing an heir (and spares) first and foremost.
“The Palace gatekeepers have always been more vigilant when it comes to Kate, never pushing her too hard, as the road to Queendom is a marathon, not a sprint. ‘I think for a long time people were afraid to make her do something that would make her uncomfortable,’ a senior aide told me.”
