Kate Middleton News 2015: Is The Duchess Trying To ‘Normalize’ The Royal Family? [VIDEO]
It looks like Kate Middleton is on a mission, and that mission is to apparently make her family look a little more normal in the public eye. In fact, there's a new report that says the Duchess is looking to "revolutionize" the way members of the British royal family spend their holidays so her two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, can grow up having a more "normal Christmas" like other kids their age.
According to the Daily Beast on Monday, Prince William's wife supposedly wants her children to have a childhood that was nothing like that of his and his brother, Prince Harry. Apparently, the highlight of their Christmas day was watching the Queen's speech on television during celebrations that were "joyless" and where outsiders like in-laws were persona non grata.
Now it looks like Kate is not willing to put up with Queen Elizabeth's rules any longer. A source told the site, "Kate is said to be driven by a determination that her children grow up participating in a convincing simulacrum of normal life, and celebrating a 'normal' Christmas is a key part of that. Crafty Kate did not, however, rush to make changes to the royal Christmas format."
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The insider added, "For the first few years of her marriage to William, she patiently toed the line, giving her gifts on Christmas Eve and allowing them to be laid out on tables in the red Drawing Room by staff (according to the Germanic custom of the royals)."
What's more, the Duchess doesn't want her children to be left alone during the Christmas holiday, either.
The source further explained, "children are not allowed to join the adults for any meals at Sandringham until they are 11 or 12, eating instead in a separate room. This segregation is thought to have been a deciding factor that pushed William and Kate to make changes to the festive routine, which manifested in last year's overhaul for Prince George's second Christmas."
So far, Buckingham Palace has not made any comments about the report.
