How Kate Middleton will treat Royal tours differently to the late Queen

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The Princess of Wales is set to change the way she takes on Royal tours in comparison with the late Queen, an expert has said.Senior royals are preparing themselves for two years worth of round-the-world trips in a "soft democracy" blitz, reports the Mirror.Queen Camilla, King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales are reportedly planning to deal with issues in a number of Commonwealth countries.It raised the question if the Royal children will be involved in the tours.

However, Kate is apparently keen to avoid disrupting her three children's lives.The Mail on Sunday's editor-at-large, Charlotte Griffiths, said that Kate will cut down her time abroad as much as she can, and will avoid going away for six months in a row like the late Queen used to.She told Palace Confidential: "Kate will nip out but probably won't stay for any more than three or four days at a time."She puts her kids first and never wants to disrupt their school term."Charlotte continued: "She wants them to have as normal a life as possible, and not do what Charles had to live through as a little boy which was not seeing his mum for six months at a time because she jetted off."Arguably, the Queen didn't do a very good job at finding that balance between royal tours and family.

Charles was deeply affected by being separated from his mum." Since his coronation, King Charles has yet to visit any of the Commonwealth countries, only making one visit to Germany in March this year.

However, a palace source told the Mail: "State visits are back in business."It was also suggested that the most senior royals had been left annoyed at the slow pace of the Government in approving these visits, which are decided by the Foreign Office and Royal Visits Committee.