Kate Middleton just dropped a special hint about George, Charlotte and Louis's half-term hobby with granny Carole
The Middleton matriarch has an autumnal tradition and a newly-shared throwback snap suggests the grandkids are on board
We never see Prince George, Charlotte or Louis during their school holidays but that doesn't mean we don't have any idea what they get up to. All the signs point to them watching The Traitors final on 30th October given how "obsessed" the younger two are with the show and the Princess of Wales might have just teased another activity.
A few days before half-term Kate visited Café 98 in Norfolk and said her parents were "looking forward" to the break too as it's a "chance to catch up". Now the Prince and Princess of Wales have released a throwback snap of one-year-old Louis that suggests Carole Middleton has inspired the next generation to embrace a family tradition.
For the first time ever, the future King and Queen shared a picture and message wishing everyone happy Halloween. They made it extra special by choosing Kate's picture of Louis trying valiantly to pick up a pumpkin, possibly after they'd got it home to Kensington Palace as the background isn't a pumpkin patch.
The Royal Family don't publicly mark Halloween but this new post shows that the Waleses enjoy it and suggests that pumpkin decorating could've been on the agenda for George, Charlotte and Louis this year too. Carole Middleton will surely have wanted to help as she called the holiday her "autumn highlight" on Party Pieces' Instagram account in 2022.
"I can still remember the fun and frights from my own childhood; the chance to dress up, decorate pumpkins and go trick-or-treating! I've even grown my own pumpkins this year, so I'm looking forward to decorating those with my loved ones," she added.
For all we know, the homegrown pumpkins were such a success that Carole has continued to grow them for her family to decorate. Getting into the Halloween spirit is one way to "catch up" with the grandchildren over the half-term break and a chance for the Middleton matriarch to pass on her childhood love of "fun and frights".
Since the Princess of Wales's picture of Louis was taken when he was one, they've clearly been embracing the holiday for a long time and maybe that's what made Carole want to try growing her own pumpkins in 2022. The new post is also a reminder that the Middletons are just as big of an influence on the Wales family as the royals.
Middleton traditions are incredibly important to William and Kate and the mum-of-three has been recreating special childhood moments for George, Charlotte and Louis.
During her appearance on the Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast in 2020, the Princess said, "I had an amazing granny who devoted a lot of time to us, playing with us, doing arts and crafts and going to the greenhouse to do gardening, and cooking with us."
She continued, "And I try and incorporate a lot of the experiences that she gave us at the time into the experiences that I give my children now."
Carole Middleton has similarly praised her "amazing" mother-in-law in the past and is just as much of a hands-on grandmother. As a former party supplies business owner, she's also the perfect person to make holidays like Halloween and Christmas feel extra magical for the children as they grow up.
