Kate Middleton is said to have had such a great influence on her husband, Prince William, that she treated him “like the fourth child.”
The claim was proposed by royal writer Tom Quinn, who wrote a new book, “Yes Lady: The Secret Life of Royal servants.” Quinn spoke with hundreds of former and current palace staff to learn what it feels like to watch Windsor House.
Fox News Digital contacts Kensington Palace, which represents the offices of Prince and Princess of Wales. A Buckingham Palace spokesman had previously told Fox News Digital: “We do not comment on such books.”
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Kate Middleton has been married to Prince William, the heir to the British throne since 2011. They shared three children. (Aaron Chown-pool/Getty image)
“Sometimes, if you don’t do things the way he wants to do, William will lose his temper and excitement [as heir to the British throne],” Quinn claims to be a Fox News digital number.
“But Kate is very good at managing, just like she manages her tantrums of three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Prince William hugged his wife after the polo game. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
According to this book One staff member told Quinn, “I don’t know where William without Kate is-she hasn’t done everything for her in her life, so when he gets a little vulnerable, she calms him down. She says sometimes he has to be regarded as the fourth child!”
Tom Quinn’s book “Yes, Lady: The Secret Life of Royal Servants” is now available. (Biteback Publishing)
Insiders claim Kate’s non-royal upbringing has allowed her to work together anytime, anywhere, and is a favorite among employees, compared to William and his father.
A staff member claims Quinn claims Quinn in his book King Charles III and his heirs.
Royal writer Tom Quinn claims that King Charles and his heir Prince William are prone to tantrums. (Swimming pool/Maximum Mumby/Getty Images)
Assistants quoted in the book claimed: “The baths must be done exactly at the same time every day, and both King Charles and Prince William of Wales are prone to tantrums if they don’t like their preferences.”
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Kate Middleton and Prince William Wave joined King Camilla and Queen Camilla after their coronation at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
A former employee claimed: “‘They both were quick to get angry’, adding that the king and his heirs were used to doing things for them, making them “very picky.”
“Everything that you do for them from childhood is often spoiled and susceptible to irritation because they don’t know how much work they involve in washing and ironing, ironing, polishing and sewing when they have never done anything themselves.”
Kate Middleton recently performed another royal duty after announcing she was eased in January. The Princess of Wales was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. (Max Mumby/Getty Images)
When things don’t move forward, the future king may go crazy. Kate is reportedly not confused by his behavior.
Former Prince Charles, Prince Elizabeth II, Prince Louis, Kate Middleton, Prince Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William watched the flies on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London during the color journey during the color journey. The Queen died in September of that year. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
“In many ways, William has an emotionally destructive childhood,” Quinn explained to Fox News Digital. “I’m not just about it,” he said. His mother, Princess Dianawhen he died at the age of 15, this itself is huge. Everyone can understand that it is very harmful to him.
“But before that, the division between his parents was very public. All the unpleasantness between his parents played a role on the world stage. At the same time, he was cared for by paid employees.”
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“For the most part, it created an adult in William, and he really needed it,” Quinn claimed. “He loved spending time with Kate’s family because unlike him, they were very warm, very close to each other, and very emotionally aware.
The Princess of Wales and Prince left after an annual celebration at Westminster Abbey in London on 10 March 2025. (YUI MOK- WPA Pool/Getty Images)
“When Kate and William first got together, William tended to lose his temper, if things didn’t go because he was still the emotionally needed kid, growing up, adult.”
As far as Kate is concerned, they are “not that right now” for those who are allegedly tantrums.
Author Tom Quinn claims that Kate Middleton is determined to be a hands-on parent and a rarity within the royal family. (Karwai Tang/Wireimage/Getty Images)
William reportedly witnessed the importance of being a personal parent through Princess William.
According to Quinn’s book, Kate “vowed to remove many of the work (if not all) related to nursery.” She hopes her child has a close connection with her parents despite the royal title, not the paid caregiver.
Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte attended the coronation of Charles III and Queen Camilla in Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023 in London. (YUI MOK- WPA Pool/Getty Images)
“Although many old guards of the Palace don’t approve, she spent many royal insiders considering the shocking time, which is engaged in normal parenting tasks that have been paid to paid employees in the past,” Quinn wrote. “But Kate also acknowledged If you join the royal family, You have to follow some (even if not most rules).
His nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, held up a young Prince George to watch the colors in London on June 13, 2015. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
“A very entrenched tradition that Kate doesn’t like is the common rule that you don’t care for your own children,” Quinn explained to Fox News Digital. “From the earliest babies and toddlers, others, usually nannies and nursery maids, do all the work for the children. Royal children have traditionally not connected with their parents.
“Once the boys reach a certain age, they’re sent to school,” Quinn continued. “But as babies, they connect with someone who pays and leaves. Then, another person comes. It’s a very harmful tradition, and Kate sees it from the beginning. Kate said, Kate said, ‘I won’t do that.’ She was able to do it because she got William’s support.”
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The prince and princess of Wales took their children to school. (Jonathan Brady – Pool/Getty Images)
But as expected, Kate did have to learn some important rules about royal etiquette earlier in William.
“At Kate realized that as a senior royal, you had to dress with caution…she once bought clothes that William thought were not suitable,” one of the prince’s advisers claimed to be Quinn, as quoted in the book.
Kate Middleton is now a fashion trend leader in the UK (Chris Jackson/Getty Image)
“He told Kate that she looked like she was trying to dress and she had just run through a charity store covered with super elves. Everyone thought it was fun, including Kate.”
The young Kate Middleton attended the wedding of Hugh Van Cutsem and Rose Astor in Burford, England on June 4, 2005. (Indigo/Getty Image)
Former Kensington Palace also claimed Quinn: “Kate was always happy to accept advice from lower staff, with courtiers who got along better with her.
Quinn also claims in his book that despite all the royal classes, the Princess of Wales did not allow her three little kids to attend “Blood”. The long-term ceremony calls on royals to apply blood to the face of the first murder during a fox or buck hunt.
Here Kate Middleton enjoys the tame form of archery with her husband and eldest son Prince George. (Daniel Leal/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
“Catherine, the princess of Wales, let go and insisted that her children would not have blood,” Quinn wrote. “The king himself went through the ceremony as a child, as did his two sons, William and Prince Harry.”
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Here, Prince Louis hugged and kissed his mother, Kate Middleton, during the Platinum Pageant in London on June 5, 2022. (Chris Jackson/Pool/AFP)
Quinn claimed to the Fox News numbers: “Kate certainly said that this wouldn’t happen to her kids.” “I think Kate was shocked because that could happen to the kids.”
Kate is not the only royal wife who opposes the ancient traditions involving the royal family.
Royal writer Tom Quinn said Kate Middleton had already let go of his steps while attending a certain ancient ritual. (Karwai Tang/Wireimage/Getty Images)
“King Charles worshiped stalking when he was young and loved hunting (i.e., fox hunting),” Quinn wrote. “When Diana, who is actually always more comfortable in the city, said she hates shooting, fishing, stalking and hunting – all the major states pursued the Royals were loved by the Royals, and he was shocked.
Kate Middleton compared with his late mother-in-law, Princess Diana. (Getty Image)
“As Balmoral [aide] “I think it’s the beginning of their relationship deterioration, no matter how people think about it completely about another woman! ”
