“What you see and hear about Catherine is the monarchy doing the sort of work that it should be doing today,” said Craig Prescott, who teaches law at Royal Holloway, University of London, and specializes in the constitutional and political role of the monarchy.
He told NBC News that the speech focusing on early childhood was a “good moment” for the family, reflective of its role taking on “interesting but not directly political causes.”
Now, with Kate seemingly back on the royal front line, there appears to be an opportunity to refocus, royal observers said.
“This was Kate’s first speech in two years, and she looked very polished, very calm and confident, and she is clearly in a really good place,” said Emily Nash, royal editor at HELLO! Magazine. “We can expect to see a lot more of this going forward.”
Kate regularly polls as one of the most popular members of the royal family.
Her favorability rating stood at 73% in October, according to a poll by YouGov, just below that of her husband, Prince William, at 76%. The royal family in general had a 59% favorability rating.
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