Kate Middleton shares a special bond with one royal in particular, as they both hail from ‘common’ backgrounds compared to other family member’s royal upbringings.
Kate Middleton and Sophie, Duchess Of Edinburgh, have always had a close bond, but it seems the pair have more in common that many think. The senior royals have both married into the monarchy, and share a special friendship as they have both had ‘ordinary’ upbringings, when compared to their husbands – Prince William and Prince Edward.
The Princess of Wales appears to be one of the Duchess’ key allies, and is a near neighbour in Windsor. “Sophie and Catherine are very close – I think much more so than people realise,” royal commentator Katie Nicholl says. “There’s not a huge age difference between them, and Sophie really welcomed Catherine when she married into the family. She was an outsider and so-called commoner, just as Sophie was, so they had that bond from an early stage.”
Sophie grew up in Kent to working parents and attended top-notch private schools. However, according to a 2001 BBC report, the Rhys-Jones family, although affluent, didn’t socialise in the highest circles. While Kate was born into an upper-middle class family in Berkshire to flight attendant and flight dispatcher parents.
Photographs of the pair have always hinted at a special friendship, as seen at Royal Ascot in 2017, where they were pictured giggling as Sophie tumbled into their carriage and almost landed on Kate. They have been snapped on joint shopping trips in London and watching Wimbledon together too, while in 2018 they joined forces to host the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange at Buckingham Palace. During the pandemic, the two women also teamed up to make a video call to hard-working nurses in global locations, including Australia, India, Malawi, the Bahamas and Cyprus.
Leave a Reply