‘There’s a healthy sense of competition between them’
William has admitted in the past that he and Kate love to challenge each other – and revealed he struggled to beat the Duchess of Cambridge when it came to playing tennis against her. They’ve showed off their competitiveness on several occasions before, including dragon-boat races in 2011 and 2019 and a training session for the London Marathon in 2014.
Katie says, “I love the fact they’re quite competitive in spirit and on the pitch. When we were in India, they were keen to outdo the other on the cricket pitch and I think there’s a healthy sense of competition between them – you never quite know who’s going to win a tennis match, but you always know that Kate will want to beat William and William will want to beat Kate. I think it’s important in a relationship to be on the same wavelength like that.”