{"id":356131,"date":"2025-08-19T06:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/356131\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T06:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T06:36:13","slug":"kate-middletons-amazing-sacrifice-for-her-children-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/356131\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton\u2019s ‘amazing’ sacrifice for her children revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us will never meet the Princess of Wales in person, let alone attend the same school sports matches as her, but someone who has crossed paths with her has shared some charming insights. Panthea Parker is part of the cast for new reality series, The Real Housewives of London, and opened up to Hello!<\/a> at the world premiere about what Kate\u2019s really like.<\/p>\n

“I see her quite a few times because my son\u2019s school plays against her son\u2019s school,” Panthea claimed. “So they play rugby and football against each other so we\u2019re always at her school or my school. I do see her a lot but not to talk to, just from afar.”<\/p>\n

Even though Panthea isn\u2019t in the future Queen\u2019s close circle and only sees her at school sporting events from a distance, Kate has made an incredible impression on the reality star.<\/p>\n

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Panthea described her as “so classy” and “so lovely”, before confirming that the Princess of Wales “never misses any of her children\u2019s matches”. In her view – and likely many other people\u2019s given everything Kate has on her plate – that achievement in itself makes her “really amazing”.<\/p>\n

The Real Housewives star revealed that she never misses a match either – quipping, “Otherwise how do I know that?”<\/p>\n

Prince George, Charlotte and Louis have all inherited their parents\u2019 love of sports and Kate\u2019s dedication to “never” missing a match is modelled on Michael and Carole Middleton\u2019s example. Speaking on Giovanna Fletcher\u2019s Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast in 2020, the senior royal recalled her mum and dad making sacrifices to be there for her and her siblings.<\/p>\n

She said, “I had a very happy childhood. It was great fun. I\u2019m very lucky I come from a very strong family. My parents were hugely dedicated.”<\/p>\n

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“I really appreciate now as a parent how much they sacrificed for us,” the Princess added. “They came to every sports match, they\u2019d be the ones on the side-line shouting, and we\u2019d always have our family holidays together.”<\/p>\n

This dedication from Michael and Carole has clearly inspired their daughter\u2019s approach to parenting. As well as apparently always being there for sports matches, Kate and Prince William pause engagements as much as possible during George, Charlotte and Louis\u2019s school holidays.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re currently on their summer break, spending quality time together ahead of moving house from Adelaide Cottage<\/a> before the end of the year. Of course, there are times when work and parenting duties clash and the Princess of Wales has been open about feeling “mum guilt”.<\/p>\n

She told Giovanna on her podcast that anyone who doesn\u2019t feel it as a mother is “actually lying”, continuing, “It’s a constant challenge – you hear it time after time from mums, even mums who aren’t necessarily working and aren’t pulled in the directions of having to juggle work life and family life.”<\/p>\n

However, Kate\u2019s commitment to being there for her kids is steadfast. Messages shared by her on social media throughout the past year have made her appreciation for spending time with her loved ones very clear.<\/p>\n

“This time has above all reminded William and me to reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life, which so many of us often take for granted. Of simply loving and being loved,” she wrote alongside a video by Will Warr last September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most of us will never meet the Princess of Wales in person, let alone attend the same school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-356131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115054050450536777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}