William Revealed Son George’s Sweet Request
Kate Middleton and Prince William met with troops in Cyprus on Wednesday, where they got to talk to Royal Air Force service members, as well as their kids who attended the party at Kensington Palace on Tuesday. And it seems that the royal couple has met with the unusual problem of making things a little too sweet for military families.
“Did we meet any of your families yesterday?” Kate asked a small circle of service men and women. “I hope they enjoyed it. It was very kiddie-friendly. I think some of the grandparents felt slightly bombarded.”
Kate added that the children “had a lot of sweets by the end of the day. We felt quite responsible. The sugar highs … there were a lot of marshmallows. Did they get back [home] okay?”
She also talked about the sacrifices the troops were making during the holidays. “Some of the children really understood what their mums and dads are doing and missed you all,” she said. “I’m sorry that we couldn’t bring your families with us for Christmas.”
While speaking to a second group, Kate revealed that she had tried to show her older children, 5-year-old Prince George and 3-year-old Princess Charlotte, the festive treats laid out for military families at Kensington Palace when they arrived home from school and nursery yesterday afternoon-but, unfortunately, they were too late.
“We took the children down to where the party was but everything was gone,” she said. “They were so disappointed!”
But Prince George wasn’t sad for long, as he already had something else to look forward to, William shared with a group of pilots.
“I told George this morning we were going to see the pilots today, and he said, ‘If you see a helicopter, can you take a picture?’”
At the event the couple handed out gifts for personnel and later had tea and cakes with the families who live in the Cyprus military bases, asking children about their names and ages and talking to the adults about life there.
“Are any of you football fans?” William asked at one point. But that was cut short, as, after a look from his wife, he conceded: “I’m sorry!”
“You’re not going to find an Aston Villa fan everywhere,” an amused Kate chided him before William declared, “I’ve found one already, actually.”
Princess Kate at the family party at the Sergeant’s mess at RAF Akrotiri (📹 @Hannah_Furness ) pic.twitter.com/DFddjfjZXj
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Kate also talked about more serious topics, sharing some of her research into early childhood development and the importance of mental health.
“Is mental health something you guys are interested in as part of your work?” she asked.
“Some of the stuff we have learned has shown that everyone should have some sort of basic mental health training,” she said.
“I really want to get mental health training as part of teacher training, not just for the sake of the teachers themselves but for the children too.”