‘It looks as if he isn’t even here,’ one aide grumbled.īut now, as the Princess of Wales, she has stepped right out into the limelight and appears happy to embrace her power. On their tour of the Caribbean last Spring, Kensington Palace aides suggested to newspaper reporters that their editors might want to feature William instead of Kate on their front pages – or at least show them together. Was she concerned about diverting attention from her husband? With a young, savvy team at Kensington Palace advising them, the Waleses are only too aware that every interaction on a walkabout can be uploaded and fly round the world in seconds. And Kate has been an excellent student, even maintaining an air of mystery about her while still being chatty. She learnt from the very best, of course - the late Queen Elizabeth II. It's apparent in her public speaking and by branching out with her own projects like the Shaping Us early years project.' She appears to be allowing herself to breathe and, well, just to be herself.Ī source said: 'The Princess has grown in confidence and that comes with time and experience of doing the job. Gone is the mask she used to wear on public occasions.

On turn, Kate appears to have learnt a thing or two from her children.

Here she stops for pictures with royal fans on the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park the day following the Coronation You don't have to look any further than their happy, well-adjusted children who behaved so marvellously during the Coronation weekend.Īll three - Prince George, nine, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five – were a credit to them. Yet for the new Waleses, this is precisely why their union works. It has been quite a transformation, yet further - still-more significant - change is happening today.Īs the new Princess of Wales, she is more confident and fast becoming The Royal Family's not-so-secret weapon.Īnd, crucially, she is still making sure that her husband, now the heir apparent, is happy.įor this is the one thing that Diana, in her ill-fated marriage could not achieve. Kate’s commitment to William and to her role has remained undimmed, yet a great deal has changed for her since then. Kate’s commitment to William and to her role has remained undimmed since their wedding in 2011 at Westminster Abbey, when lip readers spotted her asking William, 'Are you happy?'Īnd who could doubt it, seeing her take her place, elegant, composed, resplendent in her robes as a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order?

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