Kate Middleton fights bloody royal tradition to protect her children: Hell no to…

A new royal book claims Kate Middleton has stepped in to ensure her children won’t take part in a centuries-old “blooding” tradition.

Author Tom Quinn, in his book Yes, Ma’am – The Secret Life of Royal Servants which is out this month, says that the Princess of Wales put her foot down when it comes to a tradition involving shooting.

The ritual sees the young royals head out to go shooting for either a stag or a fox. Once they make their first kill, their faces are smeared with the blood of the animal.

However Kate wants no part of the tradition, and insisted that Princes George and Louis, as well as Princess Charlotte, won’t take part in it.

“Charles’s daughter in-law, Catherine, Princess of Wales, has put her foot down and insisted there will be no blooding for her children,” reads an extract from the book.
King Charles, as well as two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, all went through the tradition while children.

Harry’s experience
In his memoir Spare, Harry talked about his experience at the age of 15. He killed a stag on the grounds of Balmoral, with his guide, Sandy, then bleeding the animal before cutting into its stomach. That’s when the royal’s head was pushed into the carcass.
“He placed a hand gently behind my neck, and… pushed my head inside the carcass,” Harry wrote.

“I tried to pull away, but Sandy pushed me deeper. I was shocked by his insane strength. And by the infernal smell. My breakfast jumped up from my stomach.

“After a minute I couldn’t smell anything, because I couldn’t breathe. My nose and mouth were full of blood, guts and a deep, upsetting warmth.”
Animal charity PETA hit out at the passage, which Harry described as a “show of respect for the slain.”

“Also, a way to mark the crossing from boyhood into…not manhood. No, not that. But something close,” he added.

Kate’s objections to the tradition are in line with that of her husband William, who is also said to be veering away from the tradition of blood sports.

William is struggling with the traditional pastimes of the royal family as they become ever more unpopular with the public,’ Quinn wrote in the 2023 book Gilded Youth.

“William loves shooting-a love he shares with his father-but he is also conscious that the tide is now moving against what many people now refer to as blood sports (the royals prefer to refer to them as field sports). But are they suitable for George, Charlotte and Louis?”