{"id":207258,"date":"2026-04-23T14:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207258\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:44:39","slug":"late-queen-was-distinctly-cautious-about-kate-middleton-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/207258\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Queen Was &#8216;Distinctly Cautious&#8217; About Kate Middleton \u2014 Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The late Queen Elizabeth reportedly had a \u201cdistinctly cautious\u201d approach when it came to her grandson, Prince William\u2019s wife, Kate Middleton. The news came amid various speculations about how the monarchy would be when the Prince of Wales would grace the throne. Now, Jennie Bond, a royal expert, reportedly spoke about the dynamic between the Princess of Wales and the late Queen in the early days.<\/p>\n<p>Expert believes Kate Middleton\u2019s first meeting with Queen Elizabeth was \u2018odd\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/22\/kate-middleton-active-hostess-queen-elizabeth-birthday-reception\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/22\/kate-middleton-active-hostess-queen-elizabeth-birthday-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kate Middleton<\/a> allegedly had an \u201codd\u201d first meeting with her now-husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/23\/prince-william-behind-closed-doors-move-king-charles-us-visit\/\" id=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/04\/23\/prince-william-behind-closed-doors-move-king-charles-us-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Prince William\u2019s<\/a> grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/kate-queen-elizabeth-william-meeting-36961630\" id=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/kate-queen-elizabeth-william-meeting-36961630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Mirror<\/a>, royal expert Jennie Bond told them that \u201cIt must be the most extraordinary, nerve-racking experience to be dating the Queen\u2019s grandson, a future King.\u201d The expert continued, \u201cCatherine was William\u2019s girlfriend for the best part of seven years.\u201d The expert added, \u201cBefore she was formally introduced to his granny.\u201d The person then claimed, \u201cAnd I can only imagine how odd that was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Jennie Bond further went on to tell the news outlet that Kate Middleton and the Late Queen Elizabeth \u201chad even been at the same event two years earlier.\u201d The royal expert continued, \u201cWilliam\u2019s passing out parade at Sandhurst \u2014 but they hadn\u2019t formally met.\u201d After that, the expert explained, \u201cI think it can be said that the Queen\u2019s approach.\u201d The expert continued, \u201cto her grandson\u2019s potential future wife was distinctly cautious.\u201d The person then added, \u201cHowever, once she was confident that this was a serious relationship.\u201d The royal expert continued that the late Queen \u201cgrew to like and admire Catherine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the news outlet, back in December 2010, the late Queen summoned the now-Princess of Wales to meet her. It was allegedly five months ahead of her wedding to her now-husband, Prince William. Per the news outlet, over the years, Kate Middleton turned to Queen Elizabeth \u201cas a close confidant.\u201d She would allegedly go to her when she needed advice on handling royal life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The late Queen Elizabeth reportedly had a \u201cdistinctly cautious\u201d approach when it came to her grandson, Prince William\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[6912,232,1440,9,24,63,9492,1315,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-207258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-kate-middleton","9":"tag-lifestyle","10":"tag-lifestyle-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-prince-william","15":"tag-queen-elizabeth","16":"tag-queens","17":"tag-queens-headlines","18":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}