Tyllie, in fairness, very highly educated, to me at least implies, Masters, doctorates, etc. Or a legal/medicine qualification. I'm doing History of Art and French as a vanity project thing but assuming I get through it, I still won't be 'very highly educated'.
I would even go further. Her A Level results are good but not extraordinarily good. It’s still school level. In our equivalent test every pupil will take a math test- with some doing it on an extra advanced level. From what I gathered the UK curriculum is somewhere in the middle, leading towards advanced.
Being highly educated to me, would mean she is either a PhD in her field or extremely educated in several fields.
Not to talk her achievements down. But having an MA and playing the piano well is not crazy accomplished. I think over selling her accomplishments is hurting Kate more than anything else. Because it sets expectations she often doesn’t meet. Championing a topic for 5+ years, groundbreaking work yada yada yada and then all you get are flat quotes? That dissonances make her look bad.
In the end up to getting a BSC/BA is not exactly up to bring extra smart. With the right support and resources everyone within a normal intellect space can do it. That’s if the frustrating thing about inequality. Getting your MA goes deeper but is still quite far away from the research and years a PhD requires. I see no reason the Walses won’t go down the university degree route. They have the resources to get through. I think every degree is worth the time you put in it. You might not get to be an expert but some stuff sticks and education in never wrong.
Not saying you aren’t smart if you don’t go that route! And failing at uni also doesn’t necessarily say something about your intellectual capacities.