Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, turns 40 on Sunday with popularity at its zenith and an increasingly important role within the British royal family, alongside her husband Prince William and their three children.
A former art student and commoner, she entered the UK's most scrutinized family in 2011, and to many now symbolizes the future of the monarchy.
Kate, always impeccable, always smiling during her official engagements, reflects an image of reliability and stability at a difficult time for a monarchy which closes ranks in the face of scandals and divisions.
Kate and William multiply official appearances
The Duchess again delighted her fans and an already enthusiastic press during a Christmas concert at Westminster Abbey broadcast on television, dedicated to those who worked during the coronavirus pandemic.
She accompanied on the piano the singer Tom Walker who interpreted his title
For These Who Can't Be Here
.
Kate and her husband William, who will turn 40 in June, have gained visibility since the onset of the health crisis: in videoconferences with caregivers or by recounting their confined life with their children George, Charlotte and Louis, and the vagaries of home education.
The restrictions being relaxed and Elizabeth II reducing its activities, they have increased the number of official appearances, from the world premiere of the new James Bond to the COP26 climate summit.
Kate has also developed themes that are dear to her like early childhood and, alongside William, mental health and environmental protection.
She willingly complies with the obligations of royalty
The couple's former private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, cited his down to earth and unfazed sides as one of his strengths. "She takes the time to talk to people," he told
The Times
, comparing her to the mother of Queen Elizabeth II, a symbol of British resistance during World War II: "When things need to be do, she does them ”.
At the start of her relationship with William, at the Scottish University of St Andrews, Kate's social background, from the middle class, was talked about a lot, as well as her ability to fit into the world steeped in traditions and traditions. of royalty conventions.
But she has, in any case in public, given the impression of complying with good grace to the obligations linked to her role in the royal family.
Unlike her sister-in-law Meghan, unloved by the tabloids and not very popular with the British.
The media have been quite sympathetic to her, especially since Meghan and her husband Prince Harry walked away from the royal family and moved to the United States.
Charles transition before the arrival of William and Kate
Some attribute the difference in the media's treatment of Kate and Meghan to a contempt for those who are easily poured out, against the grain of a very British phlegm. Kate has also suffered some criticism, especially on her impeccable appearance. Novelist Hilary Mantel has even accused her of looking like a "mannequin with no personality." Kate is however seen in the royal family as someone who can be counted on at a delicate time, between the explosive confidences of Harry and Meghan and the accusations of sexual assault targeting the queen's second son, the prince. Andrew.
In the storm, the royal family tightened on a small number of members.
And like William, his father Charles rose to prominence, preparing to succeed Elizabeth II.
Considering Charles' age, 73, and his low popularity, many commentators already see his future reign as a transition before the arrival of William and Kate and a more modern monarchy, according to expert Robert Jobson, "probably necessary for help its continuity ”.
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