The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are “very involved” with the homework routine of Prince George and Princess Charlotte at Anmer Hall, said a royal expert.
Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, 39, are currently passing the blockade at their Norfolk residence with their children, Prince George, seven, and Princess Charlotte, five, as well as their two-year-old son, Prince Louis.
Cambridge’s two eldest children usually attend the prestigious Thomas’ Battersea, where tuition fees reach £ 7,000 per semester.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl has now revealed how royalty is determined to keep her children learning practical skills in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, telling Okay! magazine: ‘Kate is aware of screen time and tries to limit excessive exposure to children. When the children take a break, she takes them outside, rain or shine. ‘
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are “very involved” with the homework routine of Prince George and Princess Charlotte at Anmer Hall, said a royal expert
Although the family has the help of their nanny Maria Teresa Turrion Barrallo, Katie explained that Kate and William are “very involved” in the education of children at home.
She said that both Prince George and Princess Charlotte are ‘studious and love to learn’.
While the royal expert said that children are “quite self-sufficient” when it comes to online learning, the duke and duchess are eager for their children to go out into the garden to explore the outdoors.
She explained that Kate ‘wants them to breathe fresh air and be in nature’, and the royal couple ‘try to incorporate learning’ during family outings.
Katie Nicholl said Kate Middleton and Prince William are eager to take their children out to the garden to explore the outdoors
She added: ‘Charlotte is a huge fan of spiders and loves to look at them and learn about them, so they go hunting for spiders so she can see them up close and then let them go.’
And it’s not just the geography classes that the Duke and Duchess want to teach their children.
The royal expert said that Kate ‘loves to paint’ with children and is ‘not afraid’ that her children ‘will mess with it’.
William and Kate previously admitted that they found it “challenging” to teach their three children – that they said they ‘had a lot of energy’.
Meanwhile, the royal expert said that Princess Charlotte is “a big fan of spiders” and that the family usually “spiders hunt” at lunch in the garden, rain or shine
The couple even ‘continued’ over the Easter break without telling them, with Kate admitting, ‘I feel really mean. Children have a lot of resistance, I don’t know how.
‘Honestly, you get to the end of the day and you write down a list of all the things you did that day.’
She added: ‘It’s just a little bit of structure, actually. And it’s great, there are so many great tips online and fun activities that you can do with the kids, so it’s not been so heavy. ‘
A source in April said Kate ‘led’ the home education efforts of the two oldest, while organizing playtime for Louis, two, every day, while her husband also ‘rolled up his sleeves’ to help.
Meanwhile, artistic Kate ‘is not afraid that her children will be messed up’ during arts and crafts sessions during home schooling (photo, Prince Louis)
They added that the Duke and Duchess found the experience “extremely rewarding”.
In July, William admitted that his patience was tested while studying at home and he struggled to teach math for the second year.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live’s That Peter Crouch podcast, which was recorded partly via Zoom and partly at Kensington Palace in March, the heir said: ‘I thought it was a lot of testing, I won’t lie, trying to keep the kids engaged in some kind of work, they were some interesting months. ‘
He added: ‘I learned from home school that my patience is much shorter than I thought, that was probably what opened my eyes the most, and that my wife has super patience.
Prince William revealed that his patience was tested while teaching his children at home on the first block, and that he had difficulty teaching math for the second year. He is pictured, on the right, in September 2019 with Princess Charlotte (left), Kate (second on the left) and Prince George (second on the right), while the royal children attended their first day of school in the year
“Basically, we are a good team scheduling session, I come with the kids and try to get them to do something and Catherine enters when, frankly, everything goes wrong.
‘I have to admit that I’m a little embarrassed about my math knowledge, I can’t do second grade math.’
While the Duchess of Cambridge studied mathematics up to level A, William had not pursued the subject since his GCSEs at Eton.
Royal expert Victoria Arbiter said the couple saw the blockade as “a rare gift” because royal children are generally “inevitably denied the privilege of spending extended time with their parents”.
She commented that the combination of Kate’s focus on early education and Middleton’s’ nurturing presence ‘, together with Prince William’s focus on mental well-being and Windsor traditions, would lead Cambridge children to’ be the best-adjusted generation that royalty has ever known ‘.