LONDON — Prince William had to be taught by his wife, Catherine, Princess of Wales, how to give his children a piggyback because he never received one himself growing up, according to new claims from former royal household staff featured in an upcoming book.

The details are included in "Yes Ma'am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants," a book by author Tom Quinn that draws on interviews with people who worked inside royal households, offering a rare glimpse into the private family dynamics behind palace walls.

According to a former Kensington Palace maid quoted in the book, Catherine had to walk her husband through basic parenting gestures that many families take for granted, including something as simple as carrying a child on his shoulders.

"Kate had to explain many of the things that parents outside the royal family do with their children as a matter of course," the former maid told Quinn. "She had to show him how to give the children a piggyback, for example. William said very quietly, 'My father never gave me a piggyback.'"

The remark, if accurate, offers a window into the emotional distance that has long been described in accounts of William's own childhood, when royal duties and public appearances often took precedence over conventional family life. William and his younger brother, Prince Harry, were raised under near-constant public scrutiny, accompanying their parents, King Charles III and the late Princess Diana, on numerous official tours from an early age.

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