Princess Kate’s hands-on parenting shines on the sidelines, according to Real Housewives of London’s Panthea Parker

Prince George, Prince Louis, Kate Middleton and Princess Charlotte on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the events commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day on May 5, 2025.Credit : Chris Jackson/Getty

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Kate Middleton is Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’ number one fan at their sports matches, according to a fellow mom who often sees her on the sidelines.

The Princess of Wales, 43, and her husband Prince William are encouraging their three children to pursue sports, and The Real Housewives of London star Panthea Parker says that Kate is always there to cheer them on.

“I see her quite a few times because my son’s school plays against her son’s school. So they play rugby and football against each other so we’re always at her school or my school,” Parker told Hello! magazine at the world premiere of The Real Housewives of London on Aug. 13.

“I do see her a lot but not to talk to, just from afar,” Parker added. “So classy, so lovely, and she never misses any of her children’s matches, so really amazing. And nor do I, otherwise how do I know that?”

Panthea Parker at The Real Housewives of London world premiere at The National Gallery on Aug. 13, 2025 in London. Mike Marsland/WireImage

Parker shares three children aged 11, 9 and 8 with her lawyer husband, Ed Parker, and is also a mom to a 30-year-old son from her first marriage, Hello! reports.

Her younger children are roughly the same ages as Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7 — whom the Prince and Princess of Wales raise with hands-on parenting and a shared love of sports.

On July 13, Prince William and Princess Kate brought George and Charlotte to the men’s singles finals of the Wimbledon Championships, treating them to a day out at the tennis tournament. Princess Kate is patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club where Wimbledon is held, and she continued tradition by bringing her eldest children to see some of the finals.

Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince William at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 13, 2025.Karwai Tang/WireImage

Princess Charlotte had another sporty adventure with William two weeks later on July 27 and tagged along with her dad to the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 final in Switzerland, where they cheered England’s women’s national team to victory over Spain.

The Prince of Wales, 43, is patron of the Football Association, English soccer’s governing body, and Charlotte was his mini-me in the stands with animated reactions.

Prince William and Princess Charlotte at the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 final at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland on July 27, 2025.Crystal Pix/MB Media/Getty

In a rare revelation about her family’s home life, Princess Kate has previously said that all three of her children love sports and running around.

“We’re always slightly competitive with each other. They all love sport and Louis is mad about rugby,” she said at a 2023 reception celebrating the England Wheelchair Rugby League’s success at the Rugby League World Cup Final, the Daily Mirror reported at the time. “They are at an age where they just love running around.”

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will be able to perfect their tennis game at the family’s new home, Forest Lodge in Windsor, as the historic property reportedly comes complete with a tennis court.

Prince William and Kate Middleton on July 8, 2025; Forest Lodge in Windsor in 2018.Samir Hussein/WireImage; English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty

Prince William, Princess Kate and their kids are upgrading from the four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage that they have called home since 2022 into the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge, settling into a space that’s understood to be their forever home, even after William becomes king one day.