Queen made an extra effort to include Kate Middleton in her “inner circle”

• The Queen permitted the Duchess of Cambridge to bring her camera to Balmoral, knowing she loved photography.
• Author Katie Nicholl claims in her book The Future Queen that Her Majesty was keen to have Kate in her ‘inner circle’.
• She also tried her best and made her feel welcome at Balmoral.

According to reports, in order to help Kate Middleton feel at home in the royal household, the Queen granted her a rare privilege. In her book The Future Queen, Katie Nicholl, a royal author, asserted that because the Duchess of Cambridge loved photography, the monarch allowed her to bring her camera to Balmoral. She also invited Kate invited her in her inner circle.

“The Queen had only briefly met Kate before during the wedding of Peter and Autumn Phillips, but she made a point to make her feel at home by allowing her to snap photos at Balmoral, Katie said.

The author observed that the invitation to Balmoral demonstrated Her Majesty’s desire to include Kate in her “close circle.”

The Queen, who has spent her whole life in the spotlight, seldom lets her guard down, and only a select group of people, including her family and closest friends, get to witness Elizabeth in her true, unaffected state “Added she.