Duchess Catherine: Suddenly “Wales”! She has a lot to explain to her children

Duchess Catherine
New home, new school and now this! She has a lot to explain to her children

How many drastic changes can you ask a child to make? Well, probably quite a few, provided the trust in the parents or wards is unshakable. The past two weeks have not been a walk in the park for the Cambridge minis: first of all, moving from London to rural Windsor, which involves entering a new school. Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4, have been called out. And as if the first day of school in a new classroom and with unfamiliar faces wasn’t upsetting enough, late in the afternoon they received heartbreaking news from their mother Duchess Catherine, 40: their great-grandmother is dead.

Duchess Catherine: Her children are no longer “the Cambridges”

The pain is deep. But no sooner have they been able to take in the sad message than other trend-setting information is added. The painful loss of the Queen also changes some things in the official structure of the royal family, to which the three belong. The grandfather is suddenly King Charles III, the dad takes a decisive step closer to the throne and is now the Prince of Wales with mum as the Princess of Wales at his side. And suddenly the children also get a new name: “They are no longer George, Charlotte and Louis Cambridge, they are now George, Charlotte and Louis Wales,” explains Royal expert Angela Mollard to the Australian news platform “Sunrise”.

“It must have been a tremendous couple of days for Catherine”

Now it is up to Catherine again to familiarize her children with the far-reaching change. Already on the anniversary of the Queen’s death, the mother of three had not traveled with William to his deathbed in Balmoral in order to be able to teach the little ones the unbelievable at home in peace and quiet. Then duty called. The Duchess, together with her husband and brother-in-law Prince Harry, 37, and his wife Duchess Meghan, 41, met mourners in front of Windsor Castle. “It must have been a tremendous couple of days for Catherine,” said Mollard.

The death of Queen Elizabeth, † 96, has triggered many impressive, perhaps frightening, upheavals. “She has taken on a new role herself, but she also has to teach her very young children, ages nine, seven and four, that their last names have changed.” While it’s their parents who change the most, George, Charlotte and Louis also have a lot to digest in their small world. “Any parent will realize that if you’ve taught a young child to spell their name, that’s the name they know among their classmates.”

destabilizing situation

Barely a week ago they introduced themselves as Cambridges at Lambrook School, now they have to revise themselves, which “could be quite destabilizing for these little kids, being introduced to kids, to other kids [und] suddenly they have a new name.” Indeed, this situation could be awkward for the Wales scions, as the press will no doubt be fond of calling them from now on. But they are part of the royal family by birth and also part of the With his experience as a born Royal and the loving sensibility of their middle-class mother, the children will hold the reins even in such an uncomfortable situation.

Source used: 7news.com.au/sunrise

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