Kate Middleton is known for her elegance, stylish looks and stunning brunette locks, but she was recently seen sporting a very unexpected look which left royal fans baffled.
The Princess of Wales looked almost unrecognisable as she took part in a surprising hobby at her Norfolk home, the Mirror reports.
The new snap of the royal shows the mother-of-three in beige overalls and large gloves with specialist headgear on as she was spotted enjoying beekeeping.
Kate shared a picture of her tending to a hive in honour of World Bee Day on Saturday which was taken last summer at the Anmer Hall property the Princess shares with William on the Sandringham Estate where she keeps bees.
A light hearted pun posted alongside the image reads: "We are buzzing about #WorldBeeDay.
"Bees are a vital part of our ecosystem and today is a great opportunity to raise awareness of the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy."
It's thought that beekeeping is a wholesome hobby that Kate shares with her younger brother James but royal fans could not hide their "surprise" at Kate's interesting pastime.
One asked: "Is there anything that this lady can't do?" while another replied: "HRH keeps surprising us all."
Another royal fan gushed: "Absolutely brilliant!! The Princess of Wales is full of surprises!"
Kate also reportedly once handed out her own homemade honey at an engagement in the past.
It came as she paid a visit to the Natural History Museum in 2021 where she revealed she kept beehives at Anmer Hall and offered some schoolkids a taste of her own honey.
Speaking at the time, she said: "'Would you like to try some? I've got one spoon each. This came specially from my beehive.
"See if it tastes the same as at home. Does it taste like honey from the shops? Does it taste like flowers?"
Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace beekeepers were also seen working hard during World Bee Day.
Queen Camilla is also said to be a passionate apiarist and keeps bees at Raymill which is her six-bedroom retreat in Wiltshire, located 17 miles from the King's Highgrove property.
During a visit to Launceston, Cornwall last summer, Camilla met honey producers selling jars in the town square and revealed to them that she was a hands-on beekeeper and had only lost one colony during the previous winter.
The honey which is made by Camilla's bees is sold at Fortnum & Mason to raise charity funds with this year's receiver being Nigeria's first sexual assault referral centre which the Queen supports as patron.
Camilla is also president of Bees For Development which is a charity that trains beekeepers and ensures the protection of bees habitats in over 50 countries.
Buckingham Palace keeps four beehives on an island in a lake in the garden and there are another two hives situated in Clarence House's garden.
These hives produced over 300 jars of honey for the palace kitchens last year and was often used in honey madeleines, as a delicious filling for chocolate truffles or in honey and cream sponge.
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