Princess Kate in the hospital
So her middle-class family supports her now
Next to Prince William is currently supported by Princess Kate’s parents Carole and Michael Middleton.
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Princess Kate can be sure of the support of two families – her royal and her civil ones.
If everything goes according to plan, Princess Kate (42) will have to stay in the hospital after her abdominal operation at least until the end of next week. She will probably not be able to fulfill her public obligations as a member of the British royal family until after Easter. In addition to her husband Prince William (41), Kate can rely primarily on her parents and siblings during this period, The “Daily Mail” claims to have found out.
Accordingly, Kate’s parents Carole (68) and Michael Middleton (74) as well as sister Pippa Matthews (40) and James Middleton (36) have already cleared their respective schedules in order to be able to support Kate and her children as best as possible. The grandparents of George (10), Charlotte (8) and Louis (5) in particular are used to regularly looking after Kate and William’s three children. Since they live in Berkshire and therefore not far away, this would be an option now more than ever.
Meanwhile, Kate’s siblings Pippa and James would primarily prepare for the time after Kate’s return to Windsor Castle to support her in her further recovery. Until then, parents and siblings would of course visit them in the hospital as often as possible.
Prince William cares sacrificially
In this regard, Prince William has been relied on in the past few days, visiting his wife in the clinic several times. He has also already postponed various appointments. With regard to his children, it is important to him to continue to bring them to school in person in order to guarantee them as much normality as possible in their current everyday life without their mother.
Starting next week, this stress test for Prince William is likely to get even tougher – then his father, King Charles III, will also face. (75) an operation. In contrast to the procedure on Princess Kate, this was the exact procedure Type of surgery announced publicly: The monarch suffers from an enlarged prostate, his condition is “harmless” and a “short recovery period” is expected.