AS SHE CELEBRATES HER MILESTONE 40 T H BIRTHDAY THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE THOSE WHO KNOW HER BEST TELL WHY SHE’S MORE FABULOUS THAN EVER
It’s a key milestone in anyone’s life and as she celebrates her 40th birthday this week, the Duchess of Cambridge is entering her prime. Settled and fulfilled as a wife and mother, she has also carved out a progressive role as a senior working member of the royal family.
After a decade in public life, she has not only embraced her official duties and patronages, but gone a step further in making a focus on early childhood her life’s work.
And when she sat down at the grand piano to accompany singer Tom Walker at Westminster Abbey last month, she looked every inch the polished public performer.
For those who know her well, it was a moment that was years in the making. “She’s had a remarkable year, built on years and years of planning,” a royal insider tells HELLO!. “She’s taken her time and really done things in her own way. I think she would say herself that she wasn’t born to be a public figure.
“She’s a reserved person and she’s incredibly thoughtful, but she would never have sought a public role if it hadn’t been for the man that she married.”
When it comes to public speaking: “It’s not something that she relishes doing at all,”
