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WheneverKate Middleton Step step for a royal commitment, it is still the picture of balance and trust. Since his weddingPrince WilliamIn 2011, the Duchess was largely rented for its weak and warm way, as well as its many initiatives aimed at promoting the importance of the emotional and physical well-being of children. But what many know is that there is a very personal reason lateKate's passion to help children Take advantage of today's stress-filled company: it was intimidated without pity during its college years.

While the college is difficult for many children, it turns out that Kate 13 years old had a particularly rough part, thanks to aintimidation band Who made his miserable life at the Downe House boarding school. It was the status of Kate as "the new girl" which made her easy target.

While most students registered at the POSH DOWN House School at the age of 11, Kate arrived two years later as a "day pupil" that commuted daily from his parents' house to Bucklebury. Downe House students would have been obsessed with the status and dropped the commuters who were in the minority. "It makes a difference of 11,"Georgina Rylance, a former student of Dowe house saidOn Sundayweeks before the wedding of Kate in 2011."You have two years of connection, your first time to all together. Even some of my school's most popular girls have hurt when they have come at 1 pm"

InSean Smith's deliveredKate: unauthorized,A source would have said to the cinemaRichard Kay: "In our peer group, she was considered a non-and-born. All social climbing girls - and there were many in Downe House - thought she was not worth bothering to be disturbed . "

Another Downe House Alum,Emma Syl, RecountKatie Nicholls in his bookKate: The Future Queen, "It's a very clicked school and there was a lot of pressure. The girls were all of Achies, and there were a lot of girls with food disorders. Everyone wanted to be the best, the more able, the most beautiful. I think Kate was miserable from the beginning. "

Kate was so miserable, in fact, that his parents,Carole and Michael Middleton, went out of the home of the Downe in the middle of the school year after only two semesters and registered with Marlborough College, where she finished high school.The daily mail Cité Kate's Marlborough ClassmateJessica Hay As said real life means that Downe House girls teased the future duchess of being "too skinny and sweet".

"When she was going to have lunch, she will go with people and they got up all and sit on another table," Hay said. "[Kate] said there was a group of girls who called his names and stole his books and stuff things like that."

It is clear that Kate's experiences with intimidation have had a lasting effect on her. In an open letter to one of his royal patronages, the British charity of childrenPlace2be, theThe duchess wrote about the importance of young people's mental health. "For many children today, the world can feel a scary and discouraging place," she wrote. "Although we may not always be courageous inside, even the smallest act - such as sharing a worry or ask for help - can be incredibly courageous. Help children feel confident in search support can have a transformational impact on their lives. "

Kate and Prince William also support Beatbullying based in London as part of their charitable foundations. And in 2017, in a speech on World Health Day, Williamrevealed thisHeads together, the country-wide mental health program in U.K., had been the idea of ​​Kate. Together withPrince HarryThey launched the initiative in 2016.

"Catherine has realized for the first time we worked all three worked on mental health in our various areas of attention," said William. "She had found that at the heart of adult issues, such as dependence and family degradation, unresolved mental health problems were often part of the problem." And for more Cambridge duchess, checkWhy Kate Middleton is the "secret weapon" of the royal family in 2020.

Diane Clehane is a journalist and author of New York Imagine Diana and Diana: the secrets of his style .