{"id":34753,"date":"2025-04-20T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/34753\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T05:09:10","slug":"why-kate-and-williams-decision-to-skip-easter-has-raised-eyebrows-at-the-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/34753\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kate and William&#8217;s Decision to Skip Easter Has &#8220;Raised Eyebrows at the Palace&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what&#8217;s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" Prince William and Kate Middleton wear matching dark green coats for a walk. \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/c0200c0d39cbb45995188a6fcf1dc4db.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Owen Humphreys &#8211; WPA Pool\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate Middleton is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/princess-kate-trading-her-easter-182148647.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:trading her Easter Sunday hat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trading her Easter Sunday hat<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/meghan-markle-wants-her-followers-180233037.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:skinny jeans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skinny jeans<\/a>, after deciding to skip the Royal Family&#8217;s annual church service celebration. Having recently returned from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/prince-william-princess-kate-could-155232043.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:skiing vacation in France;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skiing vacation in France<\/a>, the Prince and Princess of Wales, along with their three kids\u2014Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis\u2014will be spending Easter in their country house, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/a32877003\/prince-william-anmer-hall-decor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anmer Hall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Anmer Hall<\/a> in Norfolk. But according to a new report, not everyone is necessarily happy with Kate and William&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Discussing the Prince and Princess of Wales&#8217;s choice to keep their family at home, a source told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton-skip-easter-service-2025-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Us Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Us Weekly<\/a>, &#8220;This is a big deal.&#8221; The source continued, &#8220;It&#8217;s royal tradition for the family to attend this together. Everyone understood the family not attending last year when Kate was sick but there&#8217;s been a lot of raised eyebrows at the palace about William&#8217;s decision to skip again this year. It feels like a deliberate move and even a snub.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis walking to church on Easter 2023\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"998\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/355d7c61a6ab387a2afbd933157617c8.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis walking to church on Easter Sunday 2023. | Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new source conflicts with a previous insider who told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/kate-middleton-prince-william-skip-35074531\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mirror;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mirror<\/a> that Kate and William plan to &#8220;enjoy some extended time as a family over Easter.&#8221; The insider explained, &#8220;They are choosing to spend time together as a family before the children go back to school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kate, William, and their children didn&#8217;t attend the Royal Family&#8217;s Easter church service in 2024, either. At the time, Princess Kate had recently revealed her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/kate-middleton-kept-her-cancer-174438018.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:cancer diagnosis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer diagnosis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/where-is-kate-middleton-conspiracy-theories\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:taken a step back;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">taken a step back<\/a> from her official duties while she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/kate-middleton-announces-shes-completed-160127202.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:underwent treatment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underwent treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Princess Eugenie Princess Beatrice, Prince William, Princess Kate, James Wessex, Lady Louis and Duchess Sophie walking to church on Easter 2017.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"666\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0f4a5cdb1c30527ddcd2e86ddbcf77f4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince William and Princess Kate walking to church on Easter Sunday in 2017. | Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was recently reported that Kate and William <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/prince-william-princess-kate-could-155232043.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:could take legal action;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">could take legal action<\/a> after paparazzi photos were taken of them on vacation in Courchevel, France. The Prince and Princess of Wales stayed in a private chalet during the trip, but paparazzi managed to snap photos of the family on the slopes and on their balcony. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2025\/04\/10\/french-press-legal-action-royals-ski-holiday-paris-match\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Telegraph;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Telegraph<\/a> suggested the couple could take legal action over the invasion of privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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