GRIEVING CHARLES LEANING ON KATE

The king-in-waiting turns to his calm and reliable daughter-in-law for comfort after a year from hell

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Prince Charles always dreamed of having a daughter – to the point where he is rumoured to have expressed in the delivery room his brief dismay that Prince Harry wasn’t a girl.

So when Duchess Kate married his eldest son Prince William after seven years of dating, the king-in-waiting couldn’t have been happier that he finally had one.

“Charles always loved Kate, from the moment Wills brought her home,” says a source. “She’s been a welcome addition to the family who handles herself perfectly, and he’s got a real soft spot for her.”

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