Prince William and Princess Kate may be the future King and Queen, but the way they raise their children is reportedly very normal.
While they may be used to attending big-scale Royal events such as the King’s Coronation last year and the annual Trooping The Colour celebrations, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, are like millions of other children across the globe in a number of ways.
As well as enjoying traditional activities that most children like such as cycling, playing games, and jumping on the trampoline, the three royal children also have to take place in the same household chores as others do.
According to royal expert Katie Nicholl, the Prince and Princess of Walesask all three of their kids to help out around the house at their four-bedroom Windsor cottage, especially as they no longer have live-in staff like they did at Kensington Palace.
The Mirror reported that when asked about William and Kate’s parenting, Nicholl said: “They absolutely do menial tasks. They are far more ordinary than many might imagine – the kids even have to do chores in return for their pocket money.
“It’s about them wanting to have a normal, happy, ordinary family home and lifestyle which, at Adelaide Cottage, they are really achieving.”
This more ordinary lifestyle away from palace walls may explain why the children also have much more normal ambitions when it comes to the future careers that might be expected of a future King and his siblings.
Over the years, insights into what the children want to do when they grow up have been revealed, with the eldest Prince George reportedly wanting to work in a restaurant, despite being second-in-line to the throne.
This was reportedly revealed to a business owner by the young prince after he was shown a pizza oven in a restaurant near their Norfolk home.
As for Princess Charlotte, the nine-year-old has expressed an interest in a nursing career, according to an insider.
The insider, speaking to New Idea, said: “She’s obviously just a little kid but still, Will and Kate swelled with pride.
“She’s such a caring little girl who also knows what she wants, so they wouldn’t be surprised if she does take on nursing as one of her big causes when she’s older.”
Prince Louis also expressed an interest in his future career despite being just one year into his education at Lambrook School.
The young prince said during the King’s Coronation weekend when helping out at a scout hut with his family that he wanted to be a fighter pilot one day, suggesting he is following in his dad’s footsteps when it comes to a love of flying planes.
