Kate Middleton Reveals What She Hopes Her Children Remember Most
Even for Kate Middleton—a future queen with plenty of big events on her calendar—it's all about the little things.
In her recent interview with host Giovanna Fletcher on the "Happy Mum, Happy Baby" podcast, the Duchess revealed that she wants her three royal kids to remember the time they spent as a family—especially the the small, unglamorous moments.
Kate was explaining how she wished she could reassure her younger self not to sweat the small stuff. It's not "whether you’ve done every single drop off and every single pick up but actually it’s those quality moments that you spend with your child where you are properly listening to them," the Duchess said.
She then went on to speak about something she'd been wondering lately: what she really wanted Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis to remember from this time in their lives. "Someone did ask me the other day, what would you want your children to remember about their childhood?" Kate said. "And I thought that was a really good question because actually if you really think about that, is it that I’m sitting down trying to do their maths and spelling homework over the weekend? Or is it the fact that we’ve gone out and lit a bonfire and sat around trying to cook sausages that hasn’t worked because it’s too wet?"
It's the latter, it turns out. "That’s what I would want them to remember, those moments with me as a mother, but also the family going to the beach, getting soaking wet, filling our boots full of water, those are what I would want them to remember," Kate said. "Not a stressful household where you’re trying to do everything and not really succeeding at one thing."
