Explosive Book Reveals Shocking Details About Prince William and Princess Catherine’s Relationship

In a shocking news, an explosive book lays out new claims about the private Royal couple’s relationship behind closed doors. Many Royal fans have been hoping to see The Prince and Princess of Wales at the star-studded event on February 16th; however, the couple has seemingly missed the most awaited 2025 BAFTAs for a major personal reason.

Recently, Royals author Tom Quinn announced he will be launching his new book, reportedly carrying within it some groundbreaking Royal revelations. Among them is the claim that the marriage of William and Catherine sometimes bears more of a resemblance to a parent-child relationship than a romance.

Palace staff have claimed that the Princess of Wales is skilled at calming Prince William down behind closed doors as he is prone to tantrums. This is not the cause but the solution. Numerous Royal staff who have worked closely with the Wales over the years have lifted the lid on their private dynamic to author Tom Quinn.

As the source revealed in a printed excerpt from the book, Royal family protocol involves several relatively high-maintenance requisites, including, but not limited to, a bath that must be run at precisely the same time each day. Apparently, William, the eldest son of King Charles III and next in line for the British throne, takes after his father in the form of tantrums if the bath is behind schedule or the shoes aren’t polished correctly. They are very picky; it comes naturally to them.

In those moments with the prince, it’s Catherine who knows how to handle the situation. As a result, the princess often finds herself stepping in and treating William like a fourth child to calm him down. The Insider added, “I don’t know where William would be without Catherine. She hasn’t had everything done for her throughout her life, so she calms him down when he gets a bit fractious. She said he sometimes has to be treated as her fourth child.”

My heart goes out to everyone involved here. Imagine growing up the way Prince William did—so pampered to the point of such peculiar emotional stunting that he apparently can’t keep his anger in check in the absence of a pressed suit, shiny shoes, or specific bath time. His wife seemingly feels obliged to manage William’s emotions as though he’s not a fully grown adult capable of having mature responses to such lowly inconveniences.

Additionally, it’s probably not an ideal situation for George, Charlotte, and Louis to grow up watching their parents adopt even an occasional parent-child dynamic. A former Kensington Palace maid reportedly told Quinn that she had to explain many of the things that parents outside the Royal Family do with their children as a matter of course. She had to show him how to give the children a piggyback, for example.

Their ex-employee explained, “William said very quietly, ‘My father never gave me a piggyback.'” While he may come across as formal, as claimed by his brother and sister-in-law, Catherine inevitably sees the other side of him more than anyone else. She enjoys ribbing him about his lineage. She insists that as he gets older, William looks more like his great-great-great-grandfather Edward VII, and she likes teasing him about the fact that his stepmother, Camilla, is descended from Edward VII’s favorite mistress.

But hey, guys, their family drama is their business. Even if our instinct is to shame these two for allowing such a dynamic to enter their marriage—especially as two public figures who are expected to model good behavior—it’s only really a problem if we observers allow it to be. If Catherine’s not okay with it, she can tell him to smarten up, or she can divorce him. If she decides to keep dealing with his tantrums this way, the world will keep on turning, even with that added layer of dejected complacency that the princess may or may not be harboring.

And he served it right back. As one of William’s advisers told Quinn, before Catherine had learned the proper Royal fashion protocols, she’d gotten it badly wrong. The prince, finding it inappropriate, joked that she looked as if she’d just run through a charity shop in superglue.