Secret signs Kate Middleton is preparing for life as queen after ‘absolutely devastating’ year: sources

William, who remains estranged from his younger brother Prince Harry, has been taking on more statesman-like responsibilities, as seen by his 11th-hour trip to Paris for the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral earlier this month, when he met with President-Elect Donald Trump.
Trump said they had a great talk, telling The Post that William is a “handsome” guy.

“I asked him about his wife and he said she’s doing well. And I asked him about his father and his father is fighting very hard, and he loves his father and he loves his wife, so it was sad,” he added.
Speaking to British media while on tour in South Africa in November, William said trying to get through everything had been “incredibly difficult.”
“Honestly, it’s been dreadful. It’s probably been the hardest year in my life,” he said.

“But I’m so proud of my wife, I’m proud of my father, for handling the things that they have done. But from a personal family point of view, it’s been, yeah, it’s been brutal.”
For all the bad, this year has allowed the public to see a new, human side of William and Kate.
Never before known for being overly emotional or unguarded, it was a bare-faced Kate, dressed down in jeans and a Breton top, we saw in a video released in March to announce her cancer diagnosis.