Kate Middleton. the test that will make her the new “princess of hearts”.

Since the announcement of her hospitalization on January 17, we have said almost everything about Kate Middleton. Her “planned abdominal surgery” – this phrase has already been confirmed – was the subject of all speculation. His general health, carefully examined by all royal, and non-medical, experts. We imagined the Princess of Wales dying suddenly as the last woman to officially hold the title (Lady Diana); We saw her Prince William as a man for all situations, canceling his official duties to stay by his wife’s bedside, even going to pick up the children from school.

As days passed, the British media devoted their front pages to him, describing his stay in hospital, then his release, his return to Adelaide Cottage and his very secretive recovery (no photos of him, not even in a blurry big black). SUV, no leaks). They searched, they scrutinized, they dug, they thought, they worried. They could go further. Far away (that wouldn’t be news). They didn’t do that. By lifting up the thread, carefully expose it Daily Mail, THE: A mirror and Sunthe “delicate flower” of English tabloids, we have to notice that no one “hit” Kate Middleton. About his lack of transparency compared to King Charles III, who admitted his enlarged prostate before announcing he had cancer. Just about his lack of communication at a time when an entire population was worried about him.

The sin

But he didn’t make anyone angry. It didn’t even bother the royal experts who blamed Meghan’s absence from London after Charles’ cancer announcement, but not Kate’s. I am not sure “Perfect Kate!“. The opposite would actually be unthinkable, as Catherine, her real name, hasn’t made any waves since she arrived at what we call “The Firm” aka the Royal Family of England. In her thirteen-year career (as a princess) she never made a formal misstep, never flashed a single smile that seemed;false“, not a tweed dress was released within 24 hours that wasn’t sold out. Even Meghan Markle’s stab at Oprah Winfrey’s show with five little words, “She made me cry,” didn’t hurt her impeccable image. For many, Kate reconciled the English with princesses and what they stand for. Where Diana Spencer, Sarah Ferguson, Princess Margaret and Princess Anne failed before them, leaving only divorces, scandals and tragedy. Kate Middleton has become the reference with whom all other princesses of the world dream to identify today. Like any role model, he has become untouchable, almost divine. Almost boring ?

We understand that now, considering what he’s been through. Something was missing—a flaw. His surprise hospitalization revealed a sudden fragility. On the one hand knocking him off his pedestal, on the other hand making him more human. Worse and better. At 41, the new Princess of Wales has begun her transformation in spite of herself. Another dimension was opened. With weeks away from English and the obligations of the role he has played so well thus far, he will inevitably return more vulnerable, therefore more real. This truth was strength for Diana, whose grief showed in her blue eyes and her impatience in her outfit. Her unquestionable generosity and broken love life had made her the princess of hearts and men. Kate Middleton could touch this sacred status in her own way.