{"id":2208384,"date":"2025-12-22T11:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2208384"},"modified":"2025-12-22T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:42:33","slug":"according-to-experts-princess-kate-struggles-with-one-part-of-royal-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/according-to-experts-princess-kate-struggles-with-one-part-of-royal-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"According to Experts, Princess Kate \u2018Struggles\u2019 With One Part of Royal Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<ul id=\"b82aac84-0979-496b-8aee-3640bd4d5bcc\">\n<li>The Prince and Princess of Wales struggle &#8220;not to spoil their children unduly&#8221; at Christmas, according to experts, with the royal couple able to &#8220;give them anything they want.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The future King and Queen are &#8220;keen to keep their children\u2019s feet on the ground&#8221; explains former BBC royal correspondent, Jennie Bond.<\/li>\n<li>This will be the Wales family&#8217;s first Christmas since their relocation to Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"3d389387-67b6-48c0-b6e1-404c1d4a0560\"><a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-news\/king-charles-honours-kate-middleton\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-news\/king-charles-honours-kate-middleton\">The Wales family<\/a> has been front and centre this Christmas. And from <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-george-the-passage\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-george-the-passage\">Prince George&#8217;s volunteer work<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/princess-kate-carol-concert-update\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/princess-kate-carol-concert-update\">Princess Kate&#8217;s annual carol service<\/a> to their <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/wales-family-christmas-portrait-special-meaning\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/wales-family-christmas-portrait-special-meaning\">sweet family portrait<\/a>, the royals have certainly stepped up over the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>However, behind palace doors, the <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-news\/line-of-succession\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/news\/royal-news\/line-of-succession\">Mountbatten-Windsors<\/a> are said to experience a surprisingly low key Christmas, with <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/prince-william\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/prince-william\">Prince William<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/princess-kate-home-rule-for-children\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/princess-kate-home-rule-for-children\">Princess Kate striving to give their children as normal an upbringing as possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"74b61848-81ce-4e5b-9f4d-70c61b44024a-0\">&#8220;Having been brought up in such a happy, cohesive family, Catherine loves making Christmas just as special for her children,&#8221; former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond reported to<a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/kate-middletons-tempting-christmas-dilemma-36411326\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/kate-middletons-tempting-christmas-dilemma-36411326\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"> <em>the Mirror<\/em><\/a>. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure her mother, with her Party Pieces business, had all sorts of wonderful knick-knacks to decorate the house.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t 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