Kate’s Middleton’s secret skin complaint led to 'bullying' in teens but is very common
ok.co.ukShe oozes good healthy glowing skin today (and having access to Britain’s finest facialists can’t hurt). But the Duchess of Cambridge knows plainfully well the discomfort and self consciousness having a so-called ‘embarrassing’ skin complaint can bring.
Mum of three Kate, who turned 40, earlier this year, suffered from eczema in her teens. According to an interview with the Duchess’s friend Jessica Hay in Celeb Now, the Duchess was bullied heavily while attending all-girls Downe House girls’ boarding school - which she attended in Berkshire from the age of 13 - before moving to Marlborough College, Wiltshire, after two years. ‘It didn’t help that she was so tall and self-conscious about her eczema,’ Jessica told the interviewer.
Meanwhile Kate’s former schoolmate, Emma Sayle, from her time at Downe House, Berkshire, told the Mirror that Kate was tormented by a group of mean girls during her time at Downe House. “Everyone wanted to be the best, the fittest, the prettiest.
I think Kate was miserable from the start." Eczema at school can be tough to cope with. Studies have shown children with moderate and extreme atopic dermatitis are more likely to suffer from conditions like anxiety and low self-esteem, which has a knock-on effect on their school work and ability to make friends.
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