Until their wedding in 2011, Kate and William had split up once in 2007, which some royal experts stated that the fun was over for William, as Kate was “desperately upset” after their split.
After their split, Kate was angry against William, as he was spending his time in London nightclubs with some women.
“It was the first such warning she had dished out over the course of their four-and-a-half-year relationship,” a report stated.
“Kate had had enough, and words were exchanged. Kate told William that he was making her look bad, one of her friends explained. She has coped for years with girls flinging themselves at her boyfriend, and for a while, she found it humorous and even flattering.”
Christopher Anderson, author of William and Kate: A Royal Love Story, had stated that Queen Camilla played a significant role in their relationship.
“I was in London when the breakup [of William and Kate] occurred. I was shocked, completely stunned, everyone thought it was only a matter of time before William was going to ask Kate to marry him. And then people started telling me that Camilla was behind it,” Anderson stated back in 2016.
Judy Wade, former royal correspondent for Hello! Magazine, had shared another theory. “She might have realized the awful burden she would have taken on. It’s a life sentence marrying a royal,” Wade said.
In their engagement interview, Kate and William talked about their split. “We did split up for a bit,” William said. “But that was just, we were both very young, it was at university, we were both finding ourselves and such, and being different characters and such.”
“I think I, at the time, wasn’t very happy about it, but actually, it made me a stronger person,” Kate said.
“You find out things about yourself that maybe you hadn’t realized. Or I think you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you’re younger. I really valued that time for me as well although I didn’t think it at the time, looking back on it.”
Currently, while King Charles is undergoing his cancer treatment, Queen Camilla has stepped up for the royal duties. She is now focused on working for The Crown, and even though she doesn’t like being in under the spotlight, she is giving speeches and attending to events.
Angela Levin, royal expert, stated, “She has gone to as many engagements as possible that King Charles would have done, which is a huge load, but she’ll do it with grace. She would do her absolute best to stand by him.”
“She’s learned all that and I think it’s a marvelous thing that she’s done.”
“She’s absolutely there when she’s needed.”
Roberta Fiorito and Rachel Bowie had talked on their royal podcast, Royally Obsessed. Roberta Fiorito said, “I feel like on the heels of Camilla taking on solo engagements daily last week…to see Camilla step up, keep calm and carry on, and knowing what she’s also managing with her own kind of reactions and mental health over what’s going on with her husband, it’s the whole difference between duty and family.”
“You have to continue what you have to do for the crown, but you also have to process your emotions over Charles’s cancer diagnosis.”
After Middleton entered to the royal family, Camilla tried her best to establish a good relationship with Middleton, as she tried her best with William and Harry. But it didn’t worked out with the Duke of Sussex, Prince harry, as their feud is still continuing.
Before their wedding in 2011, Middleton was received an invitation from Camilla to a lunch with her sister Pippa, and Camilla’s daughter Laura Lopes. At the lunch, it was reported that Camilla gave some advices to Kate.
“They were all getting on very well and they clearly hadn’t asked for an out-of-the-way table and nor did they attempt to lower their voices,” a source said.
“There was one moment which was clearly meant to be amusing when Kate said, ‘What happens if William doesn’t turn up?’”
As for the wedding gift, Camilla gave Middleton a bracelet with the engraved Letters C’s on each side of it’s charm.
Author Robert Lacey had stated in his book, Battle of Brothers, that Middleton had some problems while she was taking advices from Camilla.
“Camilla had confided to Kate the secret of hanging on to a busy prince: fit your timetable – well, basically your whole life – around his,” Lacey wrote.
“While Kate’s medium-to-long-term objective was quite simple – to lead William in handcuffs to the altar – for the time being, she had to devise her own independent career path as camouflage. This was a matter of both personal and public tactics. In neither respect would it help Ms Middleton to appear the slightest bit needy – and of course, there was the ultimate unthinkable possibility that she might end up getting dumped!”
Later, Jennie Bond stated, the relationship of Camilla and Middleton is very strong. “The two women looked at ease with one another; united in the solemnity of it all,” Bond said.
“Camilla is the only mother-in-law Kate will ever have, but it can never be quite the same when it’s a second marriage.”
“I think Camilla will always feel one step removed from being a real mother-in-law to Kate – but they do appear to have a strong relationship, and, quite frankly, what’s not to like about one another?”
“I’m sure Kate must have been watching Camilla’s metamorphosis from commoner to queen with particular interest and I think it must be reassuring for them both. What a unique relationship it must be there is literally no-one else for Catherine to turn to who has direct experience of the role that will one day be hers.”
“Being in the Royal Family is a lonely place, and Kate’s got very few people now, especially after the Queen’s death, who she can go to and confide in,” the royal expert said.
“Think back to when Diana and Fergie were always giggling and would help each other let off steam… Kate hasn’t got that.”
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