Becoming a member of the royal family takes a lot of work, in the form of intensive training. Before she married Prince Harry, Meghan Markle was reportedly kidnapped (opens in new tab) as part of her royal training. For Kate Middleton (opens in new tab), royal training apparently included watching footage of Princess Diana.
In her book Kate: The Future Queen (opens in new tab), royal expert and biographer Katie Nicholl (opens in new tab) describes how the Palace trained Kate to deal with the media back when she was still dating Prince William:
The first test of Kate's media training (opens in new tab) came when she attended the Horse Trials at Gatcombe Park. Even though Will wasn't with her, the press still tried to get her pose for pictures. Kate replied, "If I do it now, then I'll have to keep doing it."
And that diplomatic response was our earliest proof that Kate was going to absolutely crush it as a royal.
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