Kate Middleton: Experts discuss impact of Hold Still project

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Over the past decade, Kate has gradually grown into her royal role and is becoming an impactful member of the Royal Family, according to royal expert Joe Little. And she is already showing signs she will be successful in her role also when her husband Prince William becomes King, he continued.

Mr Little, the managing editor of Majesty magazine, walked Express.co.uk through the Duchess’ evolution within the Royal Family.

He said: “In the early days after the wedding she was quite low profile.

“She wasn’t particularly visible because she and William were living in Anglesey and were living a virtual common life because William wasn’t required to do royal duties full time.

“It was a bit like the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in the early years of their married life, they could stay out of the spotlight and then take part in major royal events.

“But then, of course, the Cambridges’ children started to come along and when George started school they all moved back to London, and that’s when both William and Catherine became much more active as working members of the Royal Family.

“And that’s how it has developed from that time, so the Duchess in the following years became much more polished in the way she speaks in public, she is much more confident and accomplished in pretty much everything she does as a working member of the Royal Family.

“And she is now perceived as a very good future Queen Consort.

“It will be a while before that happens, but what she does and the way she does it is ideally suited for the Royal Family in the 21st century. 

“So the signs are very encouraging, that’s what she is doing and that’s what she will continue to do.”

Over the past decade, Kate has carried out a growing number of solo engagements and projects.

Last year alone, she led a nationwide study on the early years after several months of work behind the scenes and launched the successful Hold Still photography contest.

Kate officially joined the Royal Family in April 2011, when she married Prince William at Westminster Abbey. 

The pair met at St Andrews University 10 years before their nuptials and, after months of friendship, they officially started dating in 2003.

According to one royal commentator, the long period of dating had been used by Prince William to introduce Kate to what being a royal means and see whether she would be ideally suited for it.

Appearing on the ITV’s documentary The Day Will and Kate Got Married, Mr Lacey explained: “It’s been said that William was auditioning Catherine for her future role.

“And I think there’s a truth to that.

“William is the future King of Britain and the Commonwealth and, like it or not, part of his job was to choose a consort who would do the job well.”

As second-in-line to the throne, Prince William is set to become the heir apparent at the end of the Queen’s reign and follow Prince Charles on the throne.

He and Kate will automatically inherit from Prince Charles the Dukedoms of Cornwall and Rothesay when the Prince of Wales ascends to the throne.

But it will be up to Charles whether or not William and Kate become the next Prince and Princess of Wales.

Constitutional expert Iain MacMarthanne previously told Express.co.uk: “The title of Prince of Wales is not assumed automatically by the heir to the throne, and remains within the gift of the monarch.

“In the case of Charles, his mother the Queen created him Prince of Wales in 1958.

“In the event of the Duke of Cambridge being made Prince of Wales, Catherine would automatically become Princess of Wales.”

The last Princess of Wales in the UK has been Princess Diana, who assumed the title upon marrying Prince Charles in 1981.

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