Queen Elizabeth II might be gone, but her influence on the rest of the British Royal Family is still alive and well. And now, people think they’ve uncovered what the Queen might have actually thought of Kate Middleton. At face value, Kate has always seemed to walk alongside Queen Elizabeth II and follow all the royal family rules, along with Prince William. But, according to a Reddit thread about how the people of England see Kate, there are rumors about what the Queen actually thought of Kate.
According to users who shared various rumors and stories that are allegedly true of the inner workings of the royal family, the queen wasn’t as fond of Kate as people might think. In fact, she allegedly has a very specific nickname for Kate that pointed to how little Kate and William actually do as working members of the royal family. If that is to be believed, then it’s likely news to those outside of the UK.
Queen Elizabeth II allegedly had an unflattering nickname for Kate Middleton.
Although Prince Harry and Meghan Markle might be seen as the black sheep of the family, due in no small part to their decision to step back from their duties as working members of the British Royal Family, apparently, Kate is not above her own shortcomings. That is, if the rumors are to be believed.
“William and Kate Middleton have a lazy reputation because they’re lazy,” a Redditor commented on the post. “QEII apparently nicknamed Middleton Duchess of Doolittle. In all the years I’ve seen them, I’ve never seen them do anything other than PR for themselves. They even pitched up at a Food Bank with only the media, but no food.”
Someone else added, “My theory is that when William becomes king, these two plan to return to the days before QEII, when there was no expectation of “work” for the royal family. They existed behind a curtain and only deigned to be seen by their subjects during the occasional party or patronage event.”
Prince William was rumored to have purposely avoided making public appearances for the family.
According to the same Reddit thread, William allegedly made up lies to get out of both royal duties and his duties as a soldier. A user commented that the rumor was that William would claim he couldn’t participate in a royal family duty because of the Royal Air Force and vice versa.
Maclean’s reported that, per The Sun, when William served in the Royal Air Force, he made excuses about why he couldn’t work certain shifts or take on specific responsibilities.
An alleged source told The Sun, “He’s hardly ever on shift. He was very enthusiastic to begin with but it tailed off. It’s supposed to be four on, four off but with the Duke it’s more off than on. He had at least four weeks off over Christmas, which has to be staffed the same as normal weeks. It’s fine that he gets a bit of special treatment but it’s beginning to really annoy some people.”
Prince William and Kate Middleton were called out for their public appearance after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle returned to the UK.
Meghan & Harry have been TRYING to cosplay William & Catherine for quite some time now They love riding the Wales’s coat tails https://t.co/tA81zD5qzc
— MeghansMole©️ (@MeghansMole) May 25, 2026
After what some saw as the royal couple taking some time off from major public events together, William and Kate seemed to step up their game with public appearances around the time that Harry and Meghan returned to the UK. Royals biographer Russell Myers told Vanity Fair that, as of October 2026, the public saw a return of Kate and William “supporting each other in public.” That just happened to coincide with Meghan and Harry’s public return to Harry’s home country.
An alleged insider told the outlet, “It’s no coincidence that William and Catherine are doing more together. They want their roles to be very clearly separate from what Harry and Meghan are doing.”
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