Kate and William ‘drilling’ habit into Louis, George and Charlotte until it’s ‘second nature’

Prince William and Kate are keen to make sure George, Charlotte and Louis show their manners and gratitude and have ‘drilled’ an important habit into them after it was started by Princess Diana

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are having one particular habit “drilled” into them until it becomes second nature after the tradition was started by Princess Diana.

According to sources, the Prince and Princess of Wales have been hammering home the importance of manners. Manners, to the royals, are an essential trait and sources say William and Kate are keen to ensure the children’s efforts to show their gratitude become part of their routines.

Despite their young age, the Wales children have been gradually introduced into public life, whether that be appearances at football matches, Wimbledon and even Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to attending royal events such as Trooping the Colour. Part of their public persona means learning the top sure-fire way to ensure you’ll be invited back – writing thank you letters.

Diana was said to have drilled the habit of thank you letters into William and Harry from a young age
The habit was one originally preached by Princess Diana impressing the importance to William and Harry and also making sure they learned about life beyond the palace gates. And now it’s a torch being passed onto the late-royal’s grandchildren.

According to royal biographer Andrew Morton, Diana was known to take her two sons “with her on her private charity visits from a young age”. Her eagerness to not let the boys grow up “thinking the whole world was 4×4 Range Rovers, shotguns and nannies” is a trait clearly resonating a generation later as William and Kate get the children involved in charity outings.

The couple is known for instilling various good habits in their children, including writing thank you notes, OK! magazine reports. One insider said: “William and Kate have developed this brilliant knack of letting as much as they can seem spontaneous and that’s how the children see it.

“Table manners, thank you letters, little courtesies are being drilled into the children so they become automatic.” The source added: ““If George has been naughty, and he has been on occasion, Kate and William are good at explaining to him the rights and wrongs of what’s happened.”

Various royals are known to regularly write their own thank you notes, with the King and William and Kate regularly responding to post by means of official thanks, although these tend to be penned by secretaries. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are among members of the Firm renowned for expressing thanks by way of letters, with Eugenie having personally handwritten notes to fans after her 2018 wedding to Jack Brooksbank