Everyone will tell you that there is no "right" way to raise a child, but one method that seems to be working well for the Prince and Princess of Wales is what the Daily Mail calls the "Middleton Parenting Model. (Of course, the "Middleton Parenting Model" is named after Kate's parents, Michael and Carole Middleton.)

As we get more and more glimpses of William and Kate with their children, like at a Christmas church service at St. Mary Magdalen in Sandringham on Sunday, it is clear that the couple is emulating the Middletons, royal expert Duncan Larcombe tells OK. While the parenting of George, Charlotte, and Louis will obviously be different from that of Kate, Pippa, and James - after all, the Middleton trio were not famous as children, and one was not heir to the British throne - Larcombe notes that the Welsh couple's parenting style and the Middleton family s parenting style, especially the close-knit unit of the family of five.

"William based his children's upbringing on the Middleton family model-three children, wealthy but hardworking parents, lots of love in the house. By the time Kate was in her early twenties, she counted her mother and father on her list of best friends." That's what William and Kate are striving for with their children."

Kate has also opened up in the past about her "very happy" childhood in Bucklebury, Berkshire, and during an appearance on Giovanna Fletcher's "Happy Mum, Happy Baby" podcast in 2020, the then-Duchess of Cambridge said that Michael and Carol's "great devotion" to herself and her siblings.

Royal family expert Katie Nichol says the Welsh trio are "growing up (the) most ordinary of any generation of royal children" after the family moved to Adelaide Cottage in Windsor in early September. She says, "They made the very bold decision to move to Windsor to lead a quieter, more secluded life that they had overlooked at Kensington Palace and never enjoyed in central London." [With the move, the three children were transferred to the Lamoureux School. Parents say, "It is the most magical place for children to spend time, and they can often be seen with flushed cheeks, completing upside-down stands, throwing balls, and racing toward tree stumps."

For the three children, the future of the royal family, they seem to be in the midst of an idyllic childhood at the moment.