Kate Middleton Shares Cryptic Quote About Finding ‘Peace’ Days After Prince William Hired a Divorce Lawyer
It’s hard to know where things truly stand with Prince William and Kate Middleton. Rumors always abound one way or another. There’s been the long-standing rumor of an affair on William’s part. And though the Princess of Wales was sidelined due to cancer for a while last year, the rumors were exacerbated as people speculated that she stayed away longer to put pressure on William. To that, we have to add the recent drama surrounding King Charles’s health issues and whether Prince William and Kate are getting ready to ascend to the throne or not.
Plus, there are rumblings that Charles doesn’t want to hand over the throne to his son. Then, of course, there are the recent reports Prince William recently switched lawyers, from Harbottle & Lewis and its partner, Gerrard Tyrrell—the same lawyers his father used—to Mishcon de Reya, which represented Princess Diana in her divorce from Charles. That seems to have been a point of contention with King Charles and, of course, likely with Kate Middleton as well. Royal drama is, as always, the gift that keeps on giving.
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Reports tried to paint the lawyer change as not a big deal. ”William wanted to strike out on his own,” a source told the Daily Mail about it. “He did not want to continue using his father’s lawyers. It’s as simple as that. He wants to be his own man,” but is that really the case? It’s hard to tell, considering all the circumstantial evidence that keeps piling up.
Amid all of this drama, or at least perceived drama, Kensington Palace released a new video featuring the Princess of Wales. The video is meant to highlight the benefits of getting out in nature. The Princess visited the U.K.’s Lake District last month with a group of young Scouts and discussed her connection to the outdoors, something she has always been known for.
“I find it a very spiritual and very intense emotional reconnection, I suppose, these environments,” she says in the video. “Not everyone has that same relationship perhaps with nature, but it is so, therefore meaningful for me as a place to balance and find a sort of sense of peace and reconnection in what is otherwise a very busy world.” Perhaps not suspicious, but the timing does seem a little strange.
The video, which shows the Middleton chatting with Chief Scout Dwayne Fields, also has her talking about what’s so great about the Scouts organization. The princess grew up going on family vacations to the mountainous region, so the trip was a return for her. The royal has been an advocate of connecting with nature, but being outdoors took an especially deeper meaning during her cancer treatment last year.
The Princess of Wales announced in March of 2024 that she’d been diagnosed with cancer after undergoing abdominal surgery in January. In September, she confirmed she’d completed chemotherapy and was now cancer-free.
