LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 23: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, depart The Lindo Wing with their newborn son at St Mary’s Hospital on July 23, 2013 in London, England. The Duchess of Cambridge yesterday gave birth to a boy at 16.24 BST and weighing 8lb 6oz, with Prince William at her side. The baby, as yet unnamed, is third in line to the throne and becomes the Prince of Cambridge. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
8. Her grandchildren
Diana lives on in many ways through her two grandchildren, George and Charlotte. William and Kate raise their children the way Diana insisted her own children be raised: with an education outside of palace walls and with real freedom to be children, not simply royals. Diana, once a teacher’s assistant at Young England Kindergarten school, believed in the Montessori method of education, which encourages children to develop at their own pace and to make equal time learning and playing. Diana enrolled William in Mrs. Mynors’ Nursery School, and many years later, William and Kate followed suit, enrolling George in a Montessori school outside the palace walls.
Kate and William were honoring Diana far before their children we in school, though. Keeping with family tradition, Kate gave birth at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, the same place Diana had William. Shortly after baby George was born, Kate and William stood outside the left wing of the hospital and introduced George to the world, quite like Diana and Charles did when William was born in 1982.
Prince George isn’t the only grandchild honoring his late grandmother. Kate and William’s second child, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, is named after her grandmother. She was baptized at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, the same church where Diana was christened.