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Maisie Lillywhite

Kate Middleton keeps eight-year-old boy company on train whilst his dad is in the toilet

A journalist has shared an unexpected yet heartwarming interaction which happened between his child and the Duchess of Cambridge. Matthew Syed, who is a columnist for The Times, was travelling to the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday (August 2) via train when he realised he needed the toilet.

Mr Syed was on his way to the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships - where he had won gold many years before - with his eight-year-old son, Ted. Ted waited outside the door as Mr Syed used the toilet, and it was then that the dad heard his son speaking to a woman.

Mr Syed heard the woman say to Ted: "Are you here alone?"

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