“She had walked a tightrope for years, no doubt about it. But the entire time she had the love and support of her husband. She seemed to understand instinctively that the cardinal rule was not to upstage the monarch.”

Christopher Andersen · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03

Andersen said Kate walked a tightrope for years with her husband's support and understood the cardinal rule was not to upstage the monarch.