Perhaps the first is her role in trying to dismantle a “stiff upper lip” culture within the monarchy. She wanted to have credibility when she spoke.” Earlier in May, she released the book Hold Still, a collection of pandemic-era photographs taken by people across the U.K. “These were lifelong decisions she was taking. There were a lot of under-the-radar visits and she saw people privately to help her understand the issues she wanted to put her name to,” her former private secretary, Rebecca Priestley, told The Daily Mail. On Twitter, the couple shared a video that showed ten years of the Duchess working with young children. She also has several projects of her own: this June, she announced the creation of the Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood, which focuses on children’s wellbeing.

She and Prince William are now the face of several of the monarchy’s major initiatives such as Heads Together, which aims to end the stigma surrounding mental health issues, and the Earthshot Prize, which awards grants to creative solutions combating climate change. She enjoys consistent positive popularity rates, and her reputation has remained relatively scot-free despite the family’s many scandals. Almost 11 years after joining the royal family, Middleton has emerged as one of its greatest stars. Yet, as the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race. Tabloids took a blunter approach, dubbing her “Duchess Dolittle.” Why is Kate Middleton So Silent? read a headline in 2015. Interviews with the princess were few and far between. When she did make official appearances, she rarely gave speeches or spoke publicly. Yet she spent much of her early royal life up in Norfolk while her husband, Prince William, worked as an air ambulance pilot. Maybe seemingly not at first-her 2011 royal wedding came with an immense, intense global spotlight, after all, as did the couple’s subsequent tour of Canada and California a few months later.

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