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 .

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 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,