Kate Middleton is said to have a great influence on her husband Prince William treating him “like her fourth child.”
This claim was made by royal author Tom Quinn, who wrote the new book. “Yes, Madam: The secret life of a royal servant.” Quinn spoke with hundreds of former palace staff and current palace staff to learn what it's like to watch over Windsor's home.
Fox News Digital contacted Kensington Palace, which represents the Prince and Princess of Wales offices, for comment. A Buckingham Palace spokesman previously told Fox News Digital that he “has not commented on such books.”
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Kate Middleton has been married to Prince William, the heir to the British throne since 2011. They share three children. (Aaron Chaun – Pool/Getty Images)
“Sometimes William has little tantrums and stimulation if things aren't in the way he wants to. [as heir to the British throne]”Quinn insisted on Fox News Digital.
“But Kate is very good at managing the tantrums of three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. And there's a joke among the staff who treats William fourth.”
Prince William hugs his wife following the Polo match. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
According to the book, a member of staff members told Quinn “I don't know where William is without Kate. She's never done everything for her in the lifetime, so calms him down when he's a bit fractious. She says she has to treat her as her fourth child from time to time!”
Tom Quinn's book, “Yes, Madam: The Secret Life of a Royal Servant.” is available. (Biteback Publishing)
The insider argued that Kate's non-royal upbringing would make it easier to quit work among staff compared to William and his father.
“The suits must be pressed against and laid out after the previous night's consultation. The shoes must be polished. They must be chosen.
Royal author Tom Quinn argued that King Charles and his heir Prince William tend to soften tantrums. (Pool/Maxmanby/Getty Images)
“Bus must run at the exact same time each day, and Prince William, both King Charles and Prince of Wales, are prone to tantrums when things aren't done according to their preferences,” the aide argued.
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Kate Middleton and Prince William Wave followed the Corner Ceremony of Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
“They both get very quickly and frustrated,” the former staffer insisted, adding that the king and his heirs are used to doing things for them, and that they are “very loud.”
“People who have done everything since childhood tend to be quite spoiled and prone to seizures because they don't know how much work is involved in washing, ironing, grinding and sewing when they've never done it on their own.”
Kate Middleton recently returned to royal duties after announcing she was in remission in January. The Princess of Wales was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. (Max Mumby/Getty Images)
The future king may become moody when things don't follow his path. Kate is reportedly not struggling with his actions.
Former Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Louis, Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William watch the flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace while trooping the colours in London on June 2, 2022. The Queen passed away that September. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
“In many ways, William had an emotionally damaging childhood,” Quinn explained to Fox News Digital. “I knew that his mother, Princess Diana, died when she was 15, because I was huge in its own right. Everyone was able to understand that it was causing him so much damage.
“But before that, the division between his parents was very public. All the discomfort between his parents unfolded on the world stage. During that time, he cared for paid staff.”
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“In the meantime, he created adults in William, who was extremely poor,” Quinn argued. “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 and Prince of Wales will leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day celebration held at Westminster Abbey on March 10, 2025 in London. (Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
“When Kate and William first met, William was this emotionally poor child, raised in an emotionally poor adult, so they tended to tantrum if things didn't go well.”
Thanks to Quinn, they claim that they are “so few now.”
Kate Middleton is determined to be a practical parent, and author Tom Quinn argued that it is a rareness in the royal house. (Karwai Tang/Wireimage/Getty Images)
And it was through Princess Welsh that William reportedly witnessed the importance of being a practical parent.
According to Quinn's book, Kate “swears to traditionally associate many, if not all, of the work with the nursery.” She was not a paid caregiver and wanted her children to be closely connected to their parents despite the royal title.
Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte will attend the Corner Ceremony of King Charles III and King Camilla at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023 in London. (Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
“In spite of many disapprovals of the old palace guards, she spent what many royal insiders considered normal childcare tasks that had been cultivating paid staff in the past as shocking time,” Quinn wrote. “But even Kate admits that if you join the royal family, you have to follow some, if not most, rules.” In 2014, she appointed Maria Teresa Tarion Boraro to help her family.
Prince George is hugged by his nanny, Maria Teresa Tarion Boraro, in London on June 13, 2015, to protect his colour. (Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)
“The very deeply entrenched tradition that Kate didn't like was this universal rule that you wouldn't take care of your own children,” Quinn explained to Fox News Digital. “From the time they were born in the early years, as infants and toddlers, someone else, usually as nannies and nursery maids, they do all their work for their children. Royal children are traditionally not associated with their parents.
“When a boy reaches a certain age, they are sent to school,” Quinn continued. “But as babies, they connect with someone who is paid and then they leave. Then another person comes in. It's a very harmful tradition and Kate saw it from the start. Kate said, “I'm not going to do that.” And she was supported by William, so she was able to do it. ”
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The prince and princess Wales take their children to school. (Jonathan Brady – Pool/Getty Images)
However, as expected, Kate had to learn from William some important rules regarding royal etiquette.
“Before Kate realizes that as a senior royal, you have to wear clothes carefully… she bought clothes that William once deemed inappropriate,” one of the prince's advisers insisted to Quinn, as he quoted.
Kate Middleton is currently a British fashion trendsetter (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
“He told Kate she saw her to get dressed as she ran through the superglue-covered charity shop.
Young Kate Middleton will be attending the wedding of Hugh Van Cutthem and Rose Astor at Burford Parish Church on June 4, 2005 in Burford, England. (Indigo/Getty Images)
Former members of Kensington Palace also insisted on Quinn. “Kate was always willing to accept advice from the lower staff she had very well done and from the more advanced courtiers.
Quinn also argued in his book that despite all her royal lessons, Princess of Wales does not allow her three young children to participate in “bloody.” The long-standing rituals ask royal members to smear blood on their faces from their first murders during fox and stag hunts.
Here, Kate Middleton enjoys tamer archery with her husband and eldest son Prince George. (Daniel Real/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
“Catherine, Princess of Wales, put her legs down and insisted that she would not shed any blood for her children,” Quinn wrote. “The king himself had gone through the ritual as a child, and his two sons, Prince William and Harry.”
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Prince Louis can be seen hugging and kissing his mother Kate Middleton at the Platinum Pageant held in London on June 5th, 2022. (via Chris Jackson/Pool/AFP Getty Images)
“Kate said it certainly wouldn't happen to her kids,” Quinn insisted on Fox News Digital. “I think Kate was terrified that this might happen to the kids.”
And he was not the only royal wife to oppose ancient traditions, including royalty.
Royal writer Tom Quinn said Kate Middleton put her feet down when he became children taking part in certain ancient rituals. (Karwai Tang/Wireimage/Getty Images)
“King Charles worshiped stalkers as a young man and enjoyed hunting (i.e., hunting foxes),” Quinn wrote. “He was shocked when Diana, who was actually always more comfortable in town, said she didn't like shooting, fishing, stalking and hunting.
Kate Middleton portrays a comparison with her late mother, Princess Diana. (Getty Images)
“As a Balmoral [aide] Say that, “I think it was the beginning of their relationship worsening.
