Soft-spoken Kate Middleton says she finds big royal events 'really hard'

The soft-spoken Princess of Wales has admitted she finds big royal events 'really hard' because she always gets told to speak louder.Kate, 44, opened up about what she finds difficult at some Royal Family occasions when at a Buckingham Palace reception to mark what would have been Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday.Speaking to a group of guests - thought to include 100-year-old Joan Illingworth - at Tuesday's event, Prince William's wife admitted: 'I find these environments are really hard. I've also got a very soft voice, so I always get told: "Speak up a bit louder!"'