The Duchess of Cambridge has carried out only about a third as many public engagements as 93-year-old Prince Philip this year.
Kate, 32, who is expecting her second child in April, undertook 76 visits, meetings and receptions in 2014 following the birth of her son, Prince George.
Aides have always insisted that Kate wants to focus her efforts on being a wife and mother for the first few years of her royal life.
She does undertake a small number of carefully chosen public duties for charities she is intimately involved in such as East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.
Sources close to Kate insist she has the backing of the Queen, who is happy to afford her grandson and his wife time to enjoy the early years of their married life together before a lifetime of public duty. Click link for full post from The Daily Mail.