Reports suggested the 29-year-old took the intensive personal protection programme recently amid fears she has become a kidnap target.
Sources claimed the training was undertaken because of Kate Middleton's ever increasing profile following her royal wedding to Prince William, 29.
While her new status has led to a legion of new fans, officials fear she could become a target for terrorists, abductors and stalkers.
The course, described as “very tough” both physically and mentally, teaches key a range of survival skills.
These include becoming more aware of anything “unusual” in routine surroundings, how to react when attacked and how to build a relationship with any hostage-takers.
Participants are also taught how to drive under pressure and how to create and pass on coded messages to rescuers.
The training, taught by members of the SAS, Scotland Yard’s personal protection squad or MI5 officers, has been taken by other Royals as well as politicians and people who work in some of the world’s dangerous regions.
The Queen, the Duke of Cambridge, and his parents, the late Diana, Princess of Wales and the Prince of Wales, have all taken the training.
The Duke took the course as a 16-year-old at the SAS base in Hereford in 1998. He was taught to fire a submachine gun and bundled into a car in a mock ambush.
"The Palace want to ensure Kate's new status doesn't make her vulnerable to attack,” a source told The Sun.
"She has been well trained in what to do should the unthinkable happen. VIP kidnap protection training teaches how to cope both mentally and physically.
“The mental element involves reacting to unusual situations, such as when there was a stranger in the Queen's bedroom — and she just started talking to him."
The location of her training has not been disclosed. A spokesman for the Duchess was unavailable for comment.
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