Kate Middleton used to work as a deckhand making $6.81 per hour

Kate Middleton used to work as a deckhand making $6.81 per hourKate Middleton used to work as a deckhand making $6.81 per hourContrary to popular belief, Kate Middleton works. She and husband Prince William are two of the royal familys working royals. That means they carry out duties in the Queens name, and represent the monarch at official engagements think visiting charities and cutting ribbons. Hardly back-breaking work, but it is considered their duty theyre paid private money from the Queen as well as public money. In fact, for years, Prince William and Duchess Kate have been dogged with accusations of being work shy of not attending nearly as many royal events as other working royals, like Princess Anne and Prince Andrew.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreBut as Marie Claire reports, there was a brief time, in Middletons far-off past, that she had a real, actual job, fille d with hard, physical labor.The summer before she went off to college at University St. Andrews, she spent four months as a deckhand on a boat, working hours from approximately 7 a.m. to 6 p.m and making only $6.81 per hour ($75 per day.)As excerpted from the bookKate the Future Queen, by Katie NichollShe took her meals on the boat and slept in a sparse and very small cabin in a bunk bed she shared with a fellow female deckhand.The boats were hired out by businesses eager to treat their clients to a day of luxurious hospitality As well as washing the decks, Kate was expected to help load the 660-pound catering boxes on board and wash and pack away the sails at the end of the day.What was Kates most recent engagement? Ah yes stepping out with the Queen, opening a new wing of Kings College London. Sounds just a little more glamorous.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study fi nds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people