Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte's 'surreal' day out revealed - and it proves how committed they are to a normal life
The Princess of Wales and her daughter enjoyed an under-the-radar day out together in London
For many, the thought of facing the crowds of a busy capital city on the weekend can be enough to make you decide to stay at home, so commuters were in for a real surprise when they spotted royalty on a busy public train.
Catherine, Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte enjoyed a mother-daughter day of bonding in central London on Saturday, October 10, and had no qualms hopping on board the Elizabeth Line underground train during the busy rush.
As first reported by The Sun - who have videos of the princesses on board - passengers on the same rail as the future Queen and her daughter described the moment as "surreal" - but it proves that Prince William and Kate are walking the walk when it comes to their hope of fostering as normal a life for their children as they can.
Describing their day as a "very ordinary girls’ day out", the outlet also shared that Kate and Charlotte had a "low-key security detail" but the pair were unfazed sitting with other members of the public and they weren’t "hassled".
Kate and Charlotte were reported to have taken the Elizabeth Line - the newest addition to London’s underground network and named in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II when it was opened in May 2022 - and disembarked at Tottenham Court Road.
While it’s not known where they went after - and the outlet reports a spokesperson declined to comment on private family time - Tottenham Court Road is easily accessible to plenty of shops, West End theatres and the British Museum.
It’s also not too far from the Royal Ballet and Opera, and it’s known that the two share a love of ballet, having attended performances together in the past.
The ease in which Kate took her daughter on the very busy underground system - which sees over three million journeys per day - is another example of the ways in which they’re trying to give their children a sense of normalcy.
Widely discussed in the past, William and Kate have implemented many measures to help their three children - Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte - have a sense of a normal childhood.
Speaking to OK!, royal expert Duncan Larcombe suggested that the Prince of Wales is recreating the ‘Middleton model’ as he and Kate raise Prince George, Charlotte and Louis.
He shared, "Although there are some similarities, George is being raised in a very different way to Prince William. William has based his children's upbringing on the Middleton model - three children, affluent, but hardworking parents and lots of love in the house."
Having not been brought up as a royal, it’s been suggested that Kate is bringing more of the Middleton way of doing things to their family.
For the Channel 5 documentary Prince George: How To Make a Monarch, psychotherapist Lucy Beresford also explored the ways in which the future king and queen are raising their children to have a grounding sense of reality.
She claimed, "I think William and Kate, making sure that George, Charlotte and Louis 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’".
