Kate Middleton vs Hunting Traditions
Kate Middleton Puts Her Royal Foot Down—In Sensible Flats A Modern Duchess Battles Ancient Blood Rituals and Other Antiquated Nonsense LONDON—Kate Middleton, the ever-graceful Duchess of Cambridge, has once again proven she is the royal family’s reigning champion of common sense. This time, the future Queen Consort is making headlines for allegedly refusing to let her children participate in the age-old Windsor pastime of “blooding” —a tradition where young royals smear animal blood on their faces after their first hunting kill. Because apparently, teaching children about empathy and conservation was so last century. But the Duchess is drawing a line in the sand. Or, rather, in the deer carcass. “Kate is raising her children in a modern way,” said one royal insider. “She believes in letting them have a childhood full of normal things—like learning multiple languages before the age of six, being photographed in perfectly color-coordinated outfits, and having to wave ...