Princess Kate is reportedly keen that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have very limited screen time – even during the summer holidays. Having noted it as a key factor in her cancer recovery, Princess Kate is said to be keen for her children to have lots of “outdoor play” and be amongst nature.
Speaking about how George, 12, Charlotte, 10, and Louis, seven, will likely spend their summer holidays, author Louise Heren previously told the Independent: “There will be lots and lots of outdoor play. Lots of bike rides, playing with their dogs [and] potentially some gardening… if it is tipping it down, they will still go out.”
Kate, 43, previously spoke to Giovannia Fletcher’s podcast ‘Happy Mum, Happy Baby’ in 2020 about her life as a mum to George, Charlotte and Louis.
She told Giovannia, who is a mother to three boys: “I’m happy when I’m with my family outside in the countryside and we’re all filthy dirty.”
Kate continued: “As children, we spent a lot of time outside, and it’s something I’m really passionate about. I think it’s so great for physical and mental wellbeing and laying foundations. It’s such a great environment to spend time in, building those quality relationships without the distractions of ‘I’ve got to cook’ and ‘I’ve got to do this.’ And actually, it’s so simple.
“That’s what I would want them to remember,” she added. “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.
“Not a stressful household where you’re trying to do everything and not really succeeding at one thing.”
Back in May, a few months after sharing that she was in remission after her cancer diagnosis last year, Kate launched a new video series, where she revealed how she embraced “the healing power of nature” during her treatment.
She urged society to “reconnect to nature and celebrate a new dawn within our hearts” in the first of a series of films celebrating the seasons.
The royal spoke openly of the role the natural world played during her cancer journey last year, with Kate understood to have walked and swum outdoors during her six months of chemotherapy.