Like all parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales have a lot to teach their children to prepare them for grown-up life.
And it seems that Kate has been helping oldest son Prince George learn one particular skill that is essential for his new school of Lambrook, which he started at earlier this month - and will also come in handy in his future royal life. Kate let slip the skill during a visit to Wales when she met with a group of children, who looked smart in their school uniforms. The children had been waiting for the royal couple near Holyhead RNLI station and presented the princess with flowers.
Noticing one boy was wearing a tie, she asked him: "Do you tie your own tie?" to which the boy told her he did.
And she added: "Well done you. I've been teaching George because he has got to wear a tie now for school, so I'm having to teach him how to do it.
"But well done, you've done a good job with your tie. Nice to meet you."
Prince William and Kate visited Wales yesterday for the first time since taking up their new titles of Prince and Princess of Wales.
They visited Swansea as well as Holyhead with William revealing he has started learning Welsh.
William spoke about getting to grips with the language with Reverend Steven Bunting from St Thomas Church in Swansea where he and Kate visited on Tuesday afternoon, telling him he had already picked up the word ‘paned’, meaning a cup of tea.
Rev Bunting said: “We already know they love Wales, but having them here has been amazing and is an early sign, I think, of their commitment to Wales.
“They’ve blown us away by speaking to every person young and old, it shows how wholly committed they are to their role as Prince and Princess of Wales.
“The Prince of Wales was even talking about learning Welsh, and said he’d learned the word ‘paned’ meaning cup of tea and ‘bara brith’.
“I think he’s taking being Prince of Wales very, very seriously.”
His father, King Charles, studied Welsh while at university in Aberystwyth and paid tribute to his teacher Tedi Millward when he died in 2020.
It is understood William has no plans for “any kind” of an investiture like the ceremony staged for the King, who was officially invested with the title Prince of Wales by the late Queen during an event staged at Caernarfon Castle in July 1969.
A royal source said in the aftermath of the Queen’s death: “The new Princess of Wales appreciates the history associated with this role but will understandably want to look to the future as she creates her path.”
A spokesperson for the couple said this week: “Right now they are focused on deepening the trust and respect they have with the people of Wales over time.”
