The Duchess of Cambridge Kate celebrates her 40th birthday on Sunday as her popularity peaks and her role in the British royal family grows, along with her husband Prince William and their three children.
The wife of the eldest son of the heir to the British throne today symbolizes the future of the monarchy, as this former art student born Catherine Middleton, nicknamed Kate, is a young commoner who in 2011 entered Britain’s most attractive family.
Flow The quiet woman who kept her looks The smile that does not leave its gaps during its official activities, gives the impression of credibility at a time when the monarchy is facing scandals and divisions.
Prince William and Kate
Kate once once more raised the admiration of her fans and the media during a Christmas party in Westminster Abbey that was televised and dedicated to those who worked to confront the Corona pandemic, as Kate accompanied on the piano, singer Tom Walker, who performed his song For These Who Can’t Be Here. to be present.”
Kate and her husband William, who turns forty in June, have been a prominent presence since the start of the health crisis, via video conferences with caregivers or by talking regarding their lives in quarantine with their children George, Charlotte and Louis in a large country house and regarding the vagaries of homeschooling.
With the easing of pandemic-related restrictions, and Queen Elizabeth II, 95, curtailing her activities out of concern for her health, the couple intensified their appearances at official activities, from the world premiere of the new James Bond movie to the climate summit “COP 26”.
Kate was keen to highlight her interest in specific topics, such as early childhood, in addition to her participation with her husband, Prince William, in focusing on mental health and environmental protection issues.
Duchess of Cambridge Kate
lack of emotion
The couple’s former special assistant, Jimmy Luther Pinkerton, considered realism, humility and the ability to not be emotional as some of Kate’s strengths.
“She takes the time to talk to people,” he told Britain’s The Times, comparing her to the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, who was a symbol of British resistance during World War Two.
Much has been made of Kate’s social background at the beginning of her relationship with William when she was studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, and regarding her ability, being a middle class, to integrate into the world of the traditions and rules of kings.
But she has given the impression, at least in public, of willingly adhering to the requirements of her role in the royal family, unlike her predecessor, Prince Harry’s wife Meghan Markle, who is unpopular in the tabloids and deeply unpopular with the British.
Prince William and Kate
و .ظهرت The media, in sympathy with Kate, Especially since Meghan and her husband Prince Harry have separated from the royal family And their move to the United States.
“no character”
Some attribute the difference to Media treatment of Kate and Megan To her disdain are those who are easily agitated, in contrast to the familiar and somewhat cold British character.
However, it was not without Kate that she was subjected to some criticism, especially in terms of her “flawless” appearance. Novelist Hilary Mantell even accused her of looking like “a characterless puppet behind a glass window”.
Duchess of Cambridge Kate
However, Kate is seen in the royal family as someone who can be relied upon at a delicate point that saw fiery statements by Harry and Meghan, and accusations of sexual assault by the Queen’s second son, Prince Andrew. In the midst of this storm, the royal family rallied around a small number of its members.
William’s father, Prince Charles, recently jumped to the fore, preparing to succeed Elizabeth II. Given Charles’ age (73) and his unpopularity, many commentators believe that his future reign will be a transitional phase before William and Kate take the throne.
Royal specialist Robert Jobson told AFP that William and Kate would “certainly give the monarchy a character of modernity that may be necessary to help sustain it following the older monarchs.”