Queen’s ‘stinging’ remark about Kate ‘swanning from one five-star holiday resort to another’

• The Queen once told Kate she should cut down on her holidays before marriage 
• Instead of jet setting abroad, the Queen advised Kate to get a ‘proper job’
• Read more: William and Kate will return to the Bahamas with their children

Before she settled into the royal family, the Princess of Wales had often been spotted jetting off on luxurious holidays.

William and Kate were seen holidaying on the Caribbean island of Mustique with the Middleton family, or off on a couple’s ski trip in the Alps.

While for many their jet-setting lifestyle looked dreamlike, it did not impress the late Queen who apparently expressed concern about the number of holidays her future granddaughter-in-law was taking every year.

Perhaps aware that William and Kate would soon be engaged, the Queen stressed that the future Princess should get a job rather hoping around from country to country.

The stern words of advice were said to have ‘stung’ Kate, Royal expert Katie Nicholl has suggested.

William and Kate were often spotted holidaying on the Caribbean island of Mustique with the Middleton family or off on a couple’s ski trip in the Alps – but the Queen did not always approve. Pictured: The couple on a private skiing break in in the French Alps

She wrote in her 2010 book William and Harry: ‘If she was not with William at Balmoral then the couple were skiing or holidaying on Mustique.

‘Kate was there so often the press dubbed her “Queen of Mustique”, a title that had previously belonged to Princess Margaret’.

Princess Margaret’s beautiful ten acre manor of Les Jolies Eaux, or Beautiful Waters, became her hideaway from the world’s scrutiny after her marriage to the late Lord Snowdon imploded.

She later said it was the only place where she could ‘truly relax’. 

When Kate was heading to the island in the 2000s, Britain was heading into a recession, and ‘such frivolous displays of wealth were unpalatable to the Queen’, according to Nicholls.

She added: ‘While the rest of the world speculated that an engagement was on the horizon for William and Kate, the Queen believed an announcement should be postponed until Kate was settled in a career.’

One source quoted in the book added: ‘It is Her Majesty’s opinion that if Kate is one day going to be William’s consort, then she needs a proper job.

‘Swanning from one five-star holiday resort to another is not the prerequisite for a young woman possibly destined to be Queen.’

Since the word of warning from the Queen, the Princess and Prince William have been seen holidaying on the Caribbean island but they have also taken more staycations, including trips to their Norfolk, the Isle of Scilly and Balmoral. Pictured: The couple on a beach in Belize during their royal tour of the Caribbean 

Princess Margaret once said the island was the only place she could ‘truly relax’. She had a ten acre mansion there called Les Jolies Eaux, or Beautiful Waters, that became her safe haven after her marriage to the late Lord Snowdon imploded. Pictured: Princess Margaret in Mustique in 1985

The Queen  suggested that the future Princess cut down on the number of her holidays and instead get a ‘proper job’, a source said. Pictured: The Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge on a visit to Nottingham in 2012

It is clear that the royal couple, since marrying and having their three children, have taken the Queen’s advice to heart.

While they have been seen holidaying on the Caribbean island since, they have also taken more staycations, including trips to their Norfolk, the Isle of Scilly and Balmoral.

The family will also avoid overseas trips with their young children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, seven, and Prince Louis, according to OK! Magazine.

Instead, they will holiday at their Norfolk royal residence, Amner Hall, instead of jetting off each summer.

The royal expert told the magazine: ‘Summer holidays at Anmer are the perfect way for Kate and William to decompress.

‘If there are royal engagements for them, they’ll be few and far between.

‘While in the past we’ve seen the couple enjoy more lavish holidays skiing or visiting sunnier climates, they’ve been adopting a more traditional royal approach and spending their time at royal residences in the UK instead.

‘This could obviously be the result of Covid travel restrictions, but I also believe that Kate and William are transforming into the future King and Queen and therefore are adopting more traditional practices.’

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