Princess Kate has made it clear that when it comes to balancing her royal duties, her three young children come first.
While her parenting commitments are praised by many, being so hands-on with raising a family has not always been the norm in royal and especially aristocratic circles.
When now-King Charles and his siblings were younger, their parents Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip thought nothing of leaving them for months at a time when they embarked on royal tours, even moving to Malta for two years after the birth of Charles due to Philip’s navy career.
It was in fact his first wife Princess Diana who introduced a more radical way of parenting to the Royal Family, as she wanted to be with her sons Prince William and Prince Harry as much as possible.
Parenting expert Brenda Hart told Express.co.uk about the changing nature of bringing up royal children: “I do often give the Royal Family as an example when speaking to families as the children are always very well behaved and have had to be centre stage from the day they are born.
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But others have been more positive about the Wales family’s position, particularly regarding William’s upcoming trip to Singapore for the Earthshot Awards and Kate’s decision to stay at home.
Kensington Palace have confirmed that the Princess will not be accompanying her husband as she will instead be supporting their eldest child Prince George during his school entrance exams.
Kate and William recently spent two weeks of the October half-term with George, Charlotte and Louis at their home in Windsor, close to the children’s school Lambrook.
The children are now back at school until Christmas, freeing up the Prince and Princess to undertake more royal duties all over the country.
In May this year the Princess opened up about motherhood, saying: “It’s a constant challenge – you hear it time after time from mums, even mums who aren’t necessarily working and aren’t pulled in the directions of having to juggle work life and family life.
“I think it makes such a difference for your child, keeping them as constant and happy as possible.”
