Kate Middleton ‘tougher’ than she appears and loves William ‘for whom he’s not his title’

Despite a tirelessly busy schedule, he reportedly makes time for the school run on a regular basis and is often spotted at his children’s sports games.

In fact, the couple’s trip to Islamabad in 2019 was famously delayed to allow Kate and William to drive George and Charlotte to school – their flight had to wait on the tarmac.

Many royal experts take it for granted that Prince William has finally found a happy medium in his life and has his priorities in order, which will help him continue to be a powerful and effective member of the firm.

Indeed, with the launch of his £50m Earthshot Prize, which promotes the environment, and his sensitive mental health awareness campaign, William looks set to be a man at 40 who could make a successful modern monarch.

It won’t be without its challenges, however, and the expectations for Wiliam are undoubtedly huge.

The king-to-be gave a thoughtful look to last month’s opening of parliament and again to the national centenary thanksgiving service at St Paul’s, prompting some concern.

A friend told that Sunday times that this was because William “knows that the future (of the monarchy) rests on his, Catherine’s and his children’s shoulders, and that’s a lot of pressure”.

But despite his brother Harry’s infamous comment during his bombshell interview with Oprah that William and his father Charles, the Prince of Wales were “trapped” in their royal roles, another friend insisted William “fully accepted his duty and to do what the public expects of him without paying too much attention to what he would have liked to do in another world”.