Devastating reason Prince William is continuing Diana tradition with his own children
ok.co.ukThe Prince and Princess of Wales might be our future King and Queen, but experts agree that they are both committed to raising their children as “normally” as possible.
With Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, being second, third and fourth in line to the throne respectively, it sounds like an impossible – or even a futile – task.
But Kate and William are working tirelessly to provide them with as grounded an upbringing as they can, despite the unique circumstances of their extraordinary family background. “They can never be normal and nothing will ever really be normal about their lives – how can a child have a normal upbringing when he’s told at the age of six that he’s going to be King?” says royal expert Duncan Larcombe.
He continued, “But the things they can control, they do, especially in terms of what their children are exposed to and which events they take them along to.The way William and Kate are bringing up their children is very much based on the Middleton model – that small family unit of three kids, the same as with Kate and her siblings.They don’t live lavishly, but they do live very comfortably.” Keeping the children grounded even involves having them help out with household chores and, with no live-in staff at Adelaide Cottage, all three are, according royal sources, “expected to muck in”. “They absolutely do menial tasks,” says royal expert Katie Nicholl. “They are far more ordinary than many might imagine – the kids even have to do chores in return for their pocket money.
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