{"id":342695,"date":"2025-08-14T02:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/342695\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T02:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T02:12:11","slug":"kate-middleton-shares-surprise-video-with-subtle-nod-to-meghan-markle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/342695\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton Shares Surprise Video With Subtle Nod to Meghan Markle"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Kate Middleton shared a new video on Instagram as part of her &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; series.<\/li>\n<li>The short film included clips of honeybees and beekeeping, Meghan Markle&#8217;s favorite hobby.<\/li>\n<li>In her voiceover, the Princess of Wales encouraged her followers to &#8220;bask in the sunlit hours&#8221; and &#8220;sing, dance, play.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/kate-middleton-worn-95-million-worth-of-queen-elizabeth-jewelry-11718979\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a> is sharing the latest iteration of her &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; series with a nod to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/with-love-meghan-crash-course-meghan-markle-inner-circle-friends-11691272\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a>&#8216;s favorite pollinator: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/meghan-markle-kate-middleton-beekeeping-8769130\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the honeybee<\/a>. The Princess of Wales took to Instagram to publicize the video, which was fittingly titled &#8220;MOTHER NATURE: SUMMER.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Our lives flourish when we cherish the bonds of love and friendship,&#8221; she wrote in her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNTMm5fNdYN\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caption<\/a>. &#8220;It has never been more important to appreciate the value of one another, and of Mother Nature. Here\u2019s to Summer.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Middleton then concluded the message with her personal sign-off: &#8220;C.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The short film was composed of several clips, including a beekeeper visiting his hives, a person walking through tall grass, another person picking strawberries, and yet another tilling soil in his garden. Ultimately, it served as an ode to summer&#8217;s foremost theme: &#8220;abundance.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Just as the flowers bloom and the fruits ripen, we too are reminded of our own potential for growth. It is the time to ignite our inner fire and explore our own creativity, passions and dreams,&#8221; Middleton says in the voiceover to the video.\n<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/queen-camilla-kate-middleton-tense-relationship-8751969\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">future queen<\/a> went on, \u201cAs we bask in the sunlit hours, friends and families come together\u2014playing, connecting, being present, embracing the joy to be found in even the most fleeting moments and shared experiences. Our lives flourish when we cherish the bonds of love and friendship, so open your hearts, sing, dance, play. The days are still long, so simply love and be loved.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p> Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte at Trooping the Color in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The new &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; video comes amid the family&#8217;s annual summer holiday, during which Middleton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/kate-middleton-prince-william-relationship-timeline-8619393\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/princess-kate-george-charlotte-louis-clothes-archive-8784225\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the couple&#8217;s three children<\/a> are spending some quality time away from the royal spotlight. Markle, meanwhile, has been busy with the restock of As Ever&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/meghan-markle-as-ever-rose-review-11769530\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extremely popular Ros\u00e9<\/a>. She also celebrated her 44th birthday on August 4 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/meghan-markle-44th-birthday-dinner-photo-11785654\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;beautiful&#8221; dinner party<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Celebrating the woman behind it all,&#8221; read an As Ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DM8HvQKpBXr\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram post<\/a> on the big day. &#8220;She pours her heart, vision &amp; magic touch into every detail, and today, we raise a glass to her! Happy birthday to our founder @meghan \ud83e\udd42.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton shared a new video on Instagram as part of her &#8220;Mother Nature&#8221; series. 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