Whether performing official duties or brushing her teeth at night, it is difficult to imagine the royalty being perfectly chaste and neat. But according to a friend of Kate Middleton's, the Duchess of Cambridge is "very calm at home," with pomp and ceremony and glossy blowdries nowhere to be seen.

Speaking to People (opens in new tab), an unnamed friend of the Duchess said the Cambridges are "a normal, busy family with kids running around and knocking things over. There is no pretension or pomposity". The source said of Kate, "When you see her in a closed room with her children, she is a very confident mother, not a pushy one. If the kids get out of line, she scolds them."

As for Kate's signature perfectly coiffed look, it does not extend to her daily life at home. 'No blow-drying, always a ponytail,' she says. She wears either gym clothes or a dress and sneakers, rarely wears makeup, and apologizes if she's late for school before dashing off, the life of a working mother of three young children."

According to another source, Kate strives to ensure that her children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, have a normal life, or at least a normal, adjacent one, given that they are literally royalty." She does so to help her children be more grounded and keep reality at bay," the official said. That's what really matters to her."