Experts say Prince William and Kate Middleton are adopting the "Middleton way" of parenting their three children.

Experts say Prince William and Kate Middleton are adopting the "Middleton way" of parenting their three children.

Life for Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis will never be completely normal. The entire planet counted down to the birth of each of them, and as their parents emerged from the hospital with each of them, photographers were waiting to get their first shots. The story returns to the present day, where the world is endlessly fascinated by each of their favorite hobbies, favorite foods, and favorite sports teams. They are royalty, third, fourth, and fifth in the line of succession to the throne, respectively.

But all that aside, their parents, Prince William and Kate Middleton, are completely committed to keeping the three of them as normal as possible, and their move to Windsor this summer is an example of their unwavering commitment to that effort. And while William and his brother Prince Harry were raised in the royal kamado, Kate and her younger siblings, Pippa and James, were raised in a wealthy but less aristocratic way. It is what royal experts call the "Middleton way," and William and Kate have adopted it for their own children, keeping them grounded.

According to the Mirror, royal expert Duncan Lacombe says the couple are using Kate's home education as a template for parenting rather than the traditional royal model. The Cambridges "carefully monitor their children's public appearances in order to avoid overexposing them and allowing them to lead more traditional young lives," the magazine wrote.

"I think what we've seen before is that the model that William and Kate are essentially using as a family is the Middleton way," Larcom told True Royalty TV's Royal Beat. "It's brothers, sisters, everybody. And they're united." [George, who turned 9 last month and is heir to the throne after his father William and grandfather Prince Charles, has been the most public of the three brothers, attending the memorial service for his great-grandfather Prince Philip, attending the Platinum Jubilee multiple times, and attending Wimbledon with his parents. We are the most visible of the three siblings. But while we have seen quite a bit of the future king recently, William manages his public appearances very carefully, says fellow royal expert Richard Kay.

"William manages George's appearance in a very different way from the way his mother and father manage him," says Kay.

"William and Harry, especially William, were pushed to the center of the stage at a very young age. William sees things differently. He wants to protect [the children] for as long as possible and give them a semblance of a normal childhood."

Nevertheless, Kay tells "Royal Beat" that we will continue to see more and more of George as he continues to grow up.

"But inevitably, as [George] gets older," he says, "you will see him in jacket and tie at Wimbledon, as we do, and at celebrations like the Platinum Jubilee.

Speaking of the Platinum Jubilee, the world collectively fell in love with George's brother Louis during the historic four-day event. Royal family writer Ingrid Sward says that too much attention on Louis (or any other child) was a worry for his mother Kate. She says, "I think Kate knows what [royal life] can bring, so she has to wrap [her children] up in some semblance of normalcy. Louis at the Jubilee became a superstar, which probably worried her a little bit."

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