Does anyone feel the Middleton influence is a bit too strong? from spending Christmas with them instead of the royal family to having the newborn's first months there, I think the Cambridges are breaking a little too much from tradition. After all they're part the symbol of tradition not average Joe who tends to follow the wife's family around after marriage.
I don't really understand this. What particular tradition are the Cambridges breaking from?
The only thing I can think of is their not yet moving back into their family apartment at Kensington Palace after the birth, as it is still being renovated. However they are scheduled to live there from September, and that will certainly continue the tradition of a private family home for the latest royal heir. In the meantime where else would they go but back to the maternal grandparents? In the last three generations, the eldest child has been born into a loving and private family, with the mother taking personal care of her child, and in that regard the Cambridges are indeed following tradition.
Princess Elizabeth of York lived with her parents in rented houses in London, the first of which was lent to the family by the Bowes-Lyon family, maternal grandparents.
Prince Charles was born at Buckingham Palace, but was taken home to live in his parents' apartments at Clarence House. His life changed when he was four, when his mother became Queen, but she still made time for him and his sister.
Prince William was born at St Mary's Hospital, and grew up in his parents' homes at Kensington Palace and Highgrove House.
