{"id":238535,"date":"2026-01-10T22:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/238535\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T22:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:32:08","slug":"kate-middleton-praised-for-doing-a-fantastic-job-with-keeping-her-childrens-lives-as-normal-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/238535\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton praised for ‘doing a fantastic job’ with keeping her ‘children’s lives as normal as possible’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Kate has been praised for “doing a fantastic job” of keeping her “children’s lives as normal as possible”, given the amount of pressure that comes with being a royal.<\/p>\n

Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond described the Princess of Wales’s efforts for her children as “invaluable in their development”.<\/p>\n

“It’s a fine balance, but I think she and William have succeeded in giving all three children a very good measure of privacy whilst satisfying the media and public demands for them to be seen in public”, Ms Bond told The Mirror.<\/p>\n

The royal commentator said that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will have to get used to the publicity of royal life.<\/p>\n

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Ms Bond feels that they are already succeeding at this, as seen over the festive period.<\/p>\n

She said: “They need to get used to the experience of being on show and on duty, because that is likely to be how it is for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n

“And, so far, the children don’t seem phased by meeting the crowds. <\/p>\n

“In fact, I thought they all looked particularly at ease at Sandringham on Christmas Day.”<\/p>\n

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The Prince and Princess of Wales have ‘succeeded in giving all three children a very good measure of privacy whilst satisfying the media’, Ms Bond said<\/p>\n

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Charlotte was credited for showing her “confidence”<\/a> during the festive celebrations.<\/p>\n

The young royal won over crowds during the Royal Family’s traditional Christmas Day outing at Sandringham, pausing to take photographs with admirers who had gathered outside St Mary Magdalene Church.<\/p>\n

Ms Bond previously said: “The children are an absolute delight to see at occasions like this. <\/p>\n

“I think William and Catherine have done a wonderful job in acclimatising all three children to public life.”<\/p>\n

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Charlotte took time to take photos and interact with royal fans during the Christmas Day walk<\/p>\n

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She continued: “I was struck, in particular, by how confident young Charlotte seemed on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

“She was launching into the crowd by herself, no longer with her mother’s guiding hand on her shoulder, chatting with the well-wishers who’d gathered.<\/p>\n

“Bending down to shake hands with wheelchair users, and even giving one or two members of the crowd a big hug.”<\/p>\n

The young royal was carrying an armful of gifts as she made her way along the line of well-wishers.<\/p>\n

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Video footage shared on social media captured the young royal agreeing to pose for a selfie<\/a> when asked by a member of the public.<\/p>\n

“Can we have a photo with you?” one fan enquired, to which Charlotte responded: “Yes,” before moving closer for the picture.<\/p>\n

Ms Bond added: “I think the Prince and Princess of Wales are doing a sterling job in giving the press and public just enough access to the children to satisfy curiosity.<\/p>\n

“But I’m sure that their main priority is their children’s wellbeing and how comfortable they do or don’t feel with attending public events, and I think that will continue to be their strategy.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate has been praised for “doing a fantastic job” of keeping her “children’s lives as normal as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,4775,53245],"class_list":["post-238535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kate-middleton","tag-royal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}