Kate Middleton has long been applauded for the parenting skills she uses on her three children, George, Charlotte, and Louis, but apparently, she’s been forced to use them on husband Prince William as well. According to one royal expert, the future king of England throws “tantrums” that become so bad, Kate is forced to treat him like her “fourth child.” Oh, brother.
William’s bad behavior reportedly hasn’t gone unnoticed by his staff.
Royal expert Tom Quinn told Fox News Digital that William can sometimes have a big reaction when something doesn’t go his way.
“Occasionally, William has little tantrums and irritations if things aren’t done the way he wants them done,” Tom said.
This seems to line up with the way that Prince Harry portrayed his brother in his memoir, Spare – especially the part where he claimed William knocked him “to the floor” during an argument they had over Meghan Markle before the couple walked away from royal life for good.
Kate has gotten pretty good at handling his antics.
Tom went on to say that Kate is “very good at managing” William’s outbursts, which she reportedly handles the same way she would if they were coming from one of her children.
“And so, there’s a joke among the staff that Kate treats William as the fourth because he occasionally behaves like one,” he said.
In his new book, Yes Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants, a former royal employee even told Tom that Kate refers to William as her fourth child herself.
This behavior may have been inherited from his father.
William didn’t exactly have the same “normal” upbringing that Kate did, and he may have learned by the example that father King Charles set. Reportedly, he’s also known for getting “irritated very quickly” when things aren’t exactly how he likes them.
“People who have everything done for them from childhood tend to be rather spoiled and prone to bouts of irritation because they have no idea how much work is involved in washing and ironing, polishing and sewing when they have never done any of it themselves,” a source told Tom.
To Will’s credit, he is better than he once was.
William’s “emotionally damaging” childhood – which included the loss of mom Princess Diana during his teen years – meant that he grew up to be “an emotionally needy adult,” which caused him to really cling to Kate and her family when they started dating.
“He loved spending time with Kate’s family because, unlike his, they were very warm, very close with each other, very emotionally aware,” Tom said.
The good news? William seems to be making progress and has dialed his tantrums back a bit. If Kate is truly having to parent him on top of her three actual children, there’s no doubt that’s a relief to her!
