Kate Middleton treats Prince William like a fourth child and manages his tantrums: author

Kate Middleton is said to be such a major influence on her husband Prince William that she treats him “like her fourth child.”The claim was made by royal author Tom Quinn, who has written a new book, “Yes Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants.” Quinn spoke to hundreds of former and current palace staff members to learn what it’s like to watch over the House of Windsor.Fox News Digital reached out to Kensington Palace, which represents the offices of the Prince and Princess of Wales, for comment.A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace previously told Fox News Digital, “We don’t comment on such books.”“Occasionally, William has little tantrums and irritations if things aren’t done the way he wants them done [as heir to the British throne],” Quinn claimed to Fox News Digital. “But Kate is very good at managing that in the same way that she manages the tantrums of their three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

And so, there’s a joke among the staff that Kate treats William as the fourth because he occasionally behaves like one.”According to the book, a member of staff told Quinn, “I don’t know where William would be without Kate – she hasn’t had everything done for her throughout her life, so she calms him down when he gets a bit fractious.She says he sometimes has to be treated as her fourth child!”The insider claimed that Kate’s non-royal upbringing makes her easygoing to work with, and a favorite among staff, in comparison to William and his father.“Suits must be pressed and laid out after a period of consultation the night before; shoes must be polished, ties chosen,” a staff member claimed to Quinn in his book about looking after King Charles III and his heir.“Baths must be run at precisely the same time each day and both King Charles and the Prince of Wales, Prince William, are prone to tantrums if things are not done to their liking,” the aide claimed, as quoted in the book.“’T...