While Princess Kate has embraced many royal traditions, a new book reveals that there's one custom she refuses to let her children take part in: "blooding." This controversial ritual, in which young royals have their faces smeared with the blood of their first hunting kill,

Kate Middleton has always been about setting new royal precedents. Whether it be by blazing new trails (like supposedly picking a different school for her kids) or by nixing certain royal traditions, she is never one to put tradition before her maternal instincts .

Kate Middleton put her foot down to spare her children from a bloody tradition, according to a forthcoming book. Tom Quinn’s Yes, Ma’am – The Secret Life of Royal Servants reveals that the Princess of Wales insisted on excusing her three children with Prince William from the “blooding” practice,