Kate Middleton would have been obliged to carry out a fertility test before her marriage to Prince William in 2011. A “mandatory” step in the royal protocol.
Tom Quinn, crowned head expert unveiled his new book on February 28. Entitled “Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family“, he returns in particular to the marriage of Kate Middleton with Prince William and her unknown underwear. Their union took place in 2011 in front of cameras around the world. And Tom Quinn reveals that before the marriage was celebrated, precautionary measures were taken, within the framework of a strict protocol. verified that Kate Middleton was able to have children. The biographer states: “It has always been the case when a future monarch gets married, the future queen must be able to have children. If Kate had not been fertile, the marriage would never have taken place.”
So surprising that fertility test appears, it was however not new. Indeed, Lady Diana Spencer would also have suffered one before her marriage to Prince Charles in 1981. The Princess of Wales had once briefly mentioned this moment during an interview “The innocent bride-to-be thought the big medical check-up had something to do with her general health, only to realize after the fact that her fertility had actually been tested.”
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A common fertility test in the royal family
And this fertility test is not reserved only for the half of the direct heirs most likely to accede to the throne. Indeed, according to several sources Meghan Markle was also reportedly subjected to a medical fertility test before her marriage to Prince Harry, yet then 5th in the order of succession. The objective of this test, which may seem archaic and insulting, even sexist, is toto be certain that the descendants can be ensuredand the name continued.
Kate Middleton and Prince William are the parents of three children : George, 2nd in line of succession to the crown, Charlotte and Louis. If they want to get married one day, their fiancés will also in principle have to comply, unless royal protocol changes by then.