Prince William and Kate Middleton don’t follow British royal family tradition when it comes to parenting. They’re raising Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, in a decidedly more modern way. How? By being making the “unusual”—at least by royal standards—to be “hands-on parents.”
William and Kate made the ‘unusual and enlightened decision’ to be ‘hands-on parents’
According to Jennie Bond, a commentator and former BBC royal correspondent, the Prince and Princess of Wales have approached parenting differently from previous generations of British royals.
“They are hands-on parents in a way neither Charles and Diana, nor the late queen and Prince Philip ever were,” Bond told Ok (via Mirror). “From the start, they have cared for their children themselves as much as possible with minimal outside help.”
“This is an unusual and enlightened decision by the couple,” she continued. “You can’t undo the destiny you were born into.