The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have broken with Royal tradition by hiring a young nanny for their tour to New Zealand and Australia.
The Royal Family usually prefer matronly British nannies, mature in age, but Kate and William are believed to have picked a European woman in her early 20s to help look after Prince George.
She will be based at Kensington Palace and is expected to travel with the family Down Under in April.
New royal nanny: The Duchess of Cambridge, pictured in January holding prince George, is believed to have hired a young European woman to care for her son
Prince William’s former nanny, Jessie Webb, has been helping raise their seven-month-old, but now 71 she is said to be reluctant to travel for the best part of a month on their tour of the southern hemisphere.
‘Jessie has been an amazing help to the couple but she felt she was unable to carry out a very demanding tour to the other side of the world,’ I’m told.
‘The duke and duchess have been looking for a new nanny since January. They have now hired a woman who is about 22 and foreign.’
It is not known whether the couple appointed the nanny via an agency or if she was recommended by friends.
Although Mrs Webb came to the end of her term of employment with the couple at Christmas she has continued helping out while they have searched for a replacement.
Breaking tradition: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are doing it their own way, but choosing a younger, foreign nanny for Prince George
Prince William's former nanny, Jessie Webb, pictured with Michael Middleton at Prince George's christening, has helped with the care of George but will not fly to Australia
I’m told William is especially fond of his childhood nanny and is hoping she will continue to help out on occasions and be a part of George’s life.
‘Jessie was from the old school of nannying and William and Kate have loved having her. She has George in a great routine, and he is a very happy little boy,’ the source added. ‘They both adore Jessie and will be keeping in close touch with her.’
I gather the Duchess’s mother Carole has promised to be on hand to help, too. A spokesman said: ‘We will be confirming these details in due course.’
Is this how you do it? Prince Charles has said he nearly failed a high-five in Somerset
Prince William may be able to execute the perfect ‘high-five’ – as he demonstrated with rapper Tinie Tempah at the Bafta awards – but the greeting does not come as naturally to his father.
Prince Charles was recently confronted by a young girl’s out-facing palms during a walkabout in Somerset.
Recalling the incident to an audience that included Joanna Lumley and Bryan Ferry at a Prince’s Trust gala dinner, he said: ‘I thought, “Is that a basketball tactical movement?”
'Perhaps it’s a move I missed when I was doing acrobatic turns in the RAF?
'Then I vaguely recalled it was a social greeting and rescued the situation after a moment’s hesitation.’
Donna Airs her jewellery on QVC
While the Duchess of Cambridge has been wearing priceless pieces from the Queen’s collection of diamonds, her brother James’s girlfriend Donna Air has been busy designing a range of jewellery for bargain television shopping channel QVC.
The actress, 34, is launching a brand called Little Bird, telling her Twitter followers last week: ‘At QVC. I’m here to collect the samples for my new jewellery line called Little Bird. Super excited!’
Let’s hope it is more successful than James’ loss-making online cake business, Nice Group, which, it was revealed recently, owed creditors almost £36,000.
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