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The future Queen, Princess Kate, has conducted hundreds of engagements over the years and has grown in confidence, but she still finds one aspect of royal life 'nerve wracking'

Kate Middleton has "come a long way" in public speaking, which she's admitted she once found "nerve-racking." The Princess of Wales gave her first public speech 13 years ago today on March 19, 2012.