{"id":54235,"date":"2025-09-10T02:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/54235\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T02:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:05:12","slug":"kate-middleton-reveals-what-she-and-the-kids-got-up-to-this-summer-in-every-corner-of-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/54235\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton Reveals What She and the Kids Got Up to This Summer in &#8216;Every Corner of the House&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate Middleton shared a look into how she and her children spent their summer during a visit with a women&#8217;s group this week<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Princess of Wales chatted about her love of arts and crafting, as well as her beekeeping hobby<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate and Prince William also shared some insight into the sibling dynamic between Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kate-middleton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kate Middleton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kate Middleton<\/a>\u00a0is sharing a look into how she and her family spent their summer vacation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Princess Kate and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince William;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Prince William<\/a>, both 43,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-joins-prince-william-surprise-tribute-queen-elizabeth-death-anniversary-amid-prince-harry-uk-return-11805010\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:paid a visit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">paid a visit<\/a>\u00a0to the National Federation of Women&#8217;s Institutes in London on Monday, Sept. 8. During their visit, the royal couple enjoyed some baked goods \u2014 including brownies, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-jokes-prince-william-fussy-brownies-11805594\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a favorite of William&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a favorite of William&#8217;s<\/a> \u2014 and spent some time chatting with WI members, who asked a little bit about their children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate said she and her kids \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-george\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince George;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Prince George<\/a>, 12,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/princess-charlotte\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Charlotte;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Princess Charlotte<\/a>, 10,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-louis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Louis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Prince Louis<\/a>, 7 \u2014\u00a0spent their summer &#8220;crafting in every corner of the house.&#8221;\u00a0She also spoke with the women about her beekeeping hobby and the importance of &#8220;making and crafting&#8221; in forming community with others.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Kate Middleton visits Women's Institute on Sept. 8, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/916da4502c8cdf103d827969fc93891d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton visits Women&#8217;s Institute on Sept. 8, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Princess of Wales has previously shared a bit of her children&#8217;s talent for art, posting portraits of her done by all three kids to social media back in February. She shared a look into George, Charlotte and Louis&#8217; developing artistic styles as part of her\u00a0Shaping Us\u00a0initiative from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, which highlights the importance of creative play in child development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/earlychildhood\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u00a0@earlychildhood;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u00a0@earlychildhood<\/a>\u00a0Shaping Us Framework describes the social and emotional skills which start to develop in early childhood,&#8221; read the caption of her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGLRRmHt61q\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0post. &#8220;These skills are key throughout our lives, shaping who we are, how we manage our thoughts and emotions, how we communicate with and relate to others, and how we explore the world around us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Drawing portraits with children can provide a moment of connection as you spend time looking at and focusing on one another, as well as being creative and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 having lots of fun together!&#8221; it continued.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Kensington Palace Portraits of Kate Middleton drawn by her children, Prince George (bottom left), Princess Charlotte (top right) and Prince Louis (top left)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7daf7082aa0f48ebfdf7bcba2767650c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kensington Palace<\/p>\n<p> Portraits of Kate Middleton drawn by her children, Prince George (bottom left), Princess Charlotte (top right) and Prince Louis (top left)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During Monday&#8217;s visit, Prince William also shared a bit about the sibling dynamic between his three children. When asked if Prince Louis is &#8220;a bit of a handful,&#8221; William admitted that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/the-many-faces-of-prince-louis-enjoying-the-platinum-jubilee-parade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:appearances can be deceiving;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">appearances can be deceiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He&#8217;s a character, but he&#8217;s a very good boy. He likes to wind his brother and sister up,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The proud father joked that Prince George only appears to be the more\u00a0&#8220;sensible&#8221; one in public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;When George is behind closed doors, it&#8217;s completely different. George just knows how to behave,&#8221; Prince William said with a smile.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"ALASTAIR GRANT\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Kate Middleton and Prince William visit Women's Institute on Sept. 8, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/edbedbb7103b6fbc219265388f26b9fa.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ALASTAIR GRANT\/POOL\/AFP via Getty<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton and Prince William visit Women&#8217;s Institute on Sept. 8, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prince William and Princess Kate are back to their royal duties following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-george-princess-charlotte-prince-louis-start-school-year-before-big-changes-11801551\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the children&#039;s return to school;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the children&#8217;s return to school<\/a> last week. This year will be the last that George, Charlotte and Louis will all be enrolled together at Lambrook School, as Prince George will age out of the coeducational prep school next summer when he turns 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the family hasn&#8217;t yet made an official announcement about where he will attend next, Prince William&#8217;s alma mater, Eton College, has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-george-school-decided-kate-middleton-prince-william-eton-college-report-11760403\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:thought to be the most likely choice;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">thought to be the most likely choice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-reveals-summer-crafting-with-prince-george-princess-charlotte-prince-louis-11806792\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Kate Middleton shared a look into how she and her children spent their summer during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[434,18,117,19,17,3479,17622,39438,3480,17621,39439],"class_list":{"0":"post-54235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-kate-middleton","14":"tag-prince-george","15":"tag-prince-louis","16":"tag-prince-william","17":"tag-princess-charlotte","18":"tag-womens-institute"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}