In so many ways, this generation of royals is taking lessons learned from the generation prior and improving the overall royal experience.
This is perhaps most notably happening in the raising of royal children, but Kate Middleton is also learning from the mistakes of royals who have gone before her in other ways, too. When it comes to her late mother-in-law Princess Diana, for example, Kate handles dealing with the press differently to forge a better way forward for herself, a new book claims.
In Edward White’s new book Dianaworld: An Obsession—which hit shelves April 29—the author unpacks why Diana’s celebrity seemed to eclipse that of any other, including pop stars, movie stars, and basically every other royal ever. The current Princess of Wales (Kate) has learned amply from the former Princess of Wales (Diana)—especially in how Diana dealt with media attention, including the paparazzi who chased her down until her final moments in Paris. In one regard, though, it seems Kate is actually harkening back to the past, pre-Diana’s entrance into the fold when she married Prince Charles in 1981.
“Kate Middleton is much more reminiscent of the older generation of royal figures in the way that she comports herself,” White told Fox News (via Marie Claire). As opposed to Diana—who had just turned 20 years old the same month she married Charles—Kate was “almost 30 when she married William, and that was deliberate from both sides. The big lesson that she probably learned from Diana’s life is don’t rush into becoming a royal.”
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