The Princess of Wales is said to have a WhatsApp group with ‘normal people’ as Royal experts explained how Kate Middleton is eager to give her children a ‘normal upbringing’

Raising the next generation of royal can’t be easy – and in an effort to keep her children grounded, the Kate Middleton is doing what she can to facilitate a ‘normal’ upbringing.

That includes joining the ubiquitous ‘parents’ WhatsApp group – a normally busy chat of fellow mums and dads that many will identify with.

In a recently aired Channel 5 documentary called ‘Prince George: How To Make a Monarch’, royal insiders and former aides dished out insider details about how the future King is being raised.

Ailsa Anderson, former Press Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II revealed: “Apparently Catherine has a WhatsApp group where she communicates with other parents, so it’s very much, quite a normal upbringing.”

Adding to the conversation, psychotherapist Lucy Beresford outlined the intentional steps taken by William and Kate to blend their royal life with common experiences for their three children.

Catherine is keen to raise her children to be grounded ( 
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She shared: “I think William and Kate, making sure that George, Charlotte and Louie have these normalising experiences where they just interact with really normal people, actually gives them that grounded sense that they are human beings like the rest of us, they’re not rarefied, they’re not elevated and it could hopefully dilute that sense of ‘I’m invincible’.”

The Daily Telegraph’s royal correspondent, India McTaggart, suggested that Kate’s parenting choices are influenced by her own upbringing. She speculated that Kate has “brought so much from her Middleton upbringing and her family values, that I think has completely informed the way that she is raising the next generation of Royals”.

And, like many other parents of pre-teens, Kate and William will soon face another significant decision – which school to choose for their child’s secondary education.

Several prestigious schools are apparently being considered, including Marlborough College, which Kate attended from 1996-2000, and Eton, the former boarding school of 11-year-old George’s father and uncle, which has educated many prominent British figures over the years.