Kate Middleton is “especially grateful” for a “discreet” royal friend who is “worth her weight on gold”, as the Princess of Wales continues her recovery from cancer, according to a royal expert.

Royal insiders have revealed Kate’s closest friends and trusted aides have rallied round her, creating a tight-knit support system as she gears up for a return to Royal duties. Kate has stepped back from the public eye to focus on her health and has been leaning on her trusted inner circle amid her cancer treatment while finding solace away from her Windsor family home, at Anmer Hall in Norfolk.

In Windsor, Kate’s parents and siblings are on hand to provide support, but there’s another key figure in the Wales household: their nanny, Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo. Maria, who has been with the prince and princess for ten years, is considered an integral part of the family and is being trusted with the welfare of Kate and Prince William’s children, Prince George, Prince Charlotte, and Prince Louis.

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“Kate must feel Maria is worth her weight in gold and that she can trust her children’s welfare to her as she continues her recovery,” former BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond commented. “Luckily, from what we know about Maria (which is commendably very little because she is so discreet), she is content to spend her life helping others.

“She is a religious woman who, people in her hometown suggest, might have been a nun if she hadn’t plumped for nannying, so there seems little danger of her moving on for the foreseeable future and that’s something for which I imagine Kate will be especially grateful.”

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Robert and Hannah Carter are close friends ( 
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During this challenging period, it’s essential for Kate to be surrounded by a dependable support network as she gears up for a return to Royal duties, with friends being described as ‘a beacon of hope’.

And a royal insider claims the Princess of Wales is finding solace away from Windsor, at Anmer Hall in Norfolk.

“Kate feels more at home in Norfolk,” a source revealed to OK!. “She’s got several close friends there. The Van Cutsems live nearby and so do Tom and Polly Coke [Cook]. Laura Meade is a close source of comfort for the princess and so are the Carter girls.”

During this challenging period, it’s essential for Kate to be surrounded by a dependable support network as she gears up for a return to Royal duties. Her nearest and dearest have rallied around her, creating a tight-knit support system.

Her loyal companions, including Emilia Jardine-Paterson, Sophie Snuggs, Lady Laura Meade, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, and Natasha Archer, are all playing pivotal roles in providing both practical help and emotional backing, proving to be invaluable pillars of strength for Kate in these trying times.

The Cambridge’s nanny Maria Borrallo, who trained at the prestigious Norland College ( 
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