BBC : ` ` She has a warm smile and easy manner , '' royal commentator says of Catherine . `` Long before Kate 's big news was announced , the tabloids wanted to look inside her to see if she was pregnant , '' Mantel said . NEW : Duchess says it would be ` ` unnatural '' if she was not nervous about having a child . Author Hilary Mantel describes Catherine as ` ` precision - trained , custom - made '' UK newspapers described Mantel 's comments as cheap and venomous .
BBC : ` ` She has a warm smile and easy manner , '' royal commentator says of Catherine . NEW : Duchess says it would be ` ` unnatural '' if she was not nervous about having a child . Author Hilary Mantel describes Catherine as ` ` precision - trained , custom - made '' UK newspapers described Mantel 's comments as cheap and venomous .