QUEEN PRAISES KATE SHE'S READY TO RULE!

From ‘lazy layabout’ to Queen Consort, the duchess has wowed her toughest critic

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While Her Majesty may bemoan the many things going wrong for the royal family in recent years, she is said to be “incredibly proud” of one of the few things going right – the Duchess of Cambridge’s spectacular ascension to the future queen.

Woman’s Day understands the monarch has confided to her closest aides that she feels “her work with Catherine is done, and she’s all set to one day be Queen Consort to the future King William – she could do it now if she had to”.