KATE'S BIRTHDAY RUINED!

DUCHESS KATE IS IN TEARS AS HER 40TH CELEBRATIONS GO AWRY

Since stepping into the royal spotlight, the Duchess of Cambridge has preferred to celebrate her birthday with a low-key gathering at her home, Anmer Hall, with her most trusted inner circle of friends and family.

“Kate doesn’t like the fuss or attention,” explains an insider, adding that “a day off with her kids and her husband” is usually at the top of Kate’s wish list.

However, with Kate turning the big 4-0 on January 9, her devoted husband, Prince William, is determined to celebrate by treating his wife like the princess she technically is.

Sources tell New Idea Wills plans on taking Kate and the kids – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – to New York City as soon as they can get away.

“Wills was so excited to tell Kate about it,” says a source. “He’s got all these ideas for family friendly activities, like museums and ice-skating during the day, and romantic parties for two in the hotel bar once the kids are tucked up in bed.”

Kate adored her first royal visit to NYC in 2014. Sources say she’s since lamented that she “hasn’t spent near enough time there”. Unfortunately, though, she wasn’t exactly over the moon when Wills surprised her with their trip.