Kate Middleton’s carefully planned path to the throne revealed as expert says she ‘played the long game’

Kate Middleton's remarkable rise from middle-class university student to the Princess of Wales wasn't accidental — according to multiple royal experts, it was carefully planned from the very beginning.

Royal author Simon Vigar wrote in "The Four Wives of Windsor" that Prince William's "right-hand man" said Kate believed in "steady progress" as she learned the ropes of royal life, explaining, "We're not going to rush our fences."

"Catherine is no wallflower, somebody told me," Vigar told Fox News Digital.