The Prince and Princess of Wales experienced a busy week hosting garden parties and officially naming warships.
However, Kate was mistaken for her husband Prince William’s assistant – and her sh0cking response left them in fits of giggles. The situation happened several years ago when the couple were visiting the Shire Hall Care Home in Cardiff, and the royal pair got more than they bargained for when they were introduced to resident Joan Drew-Smith.
The unfazed OAP pointed at Kate and asked William: “Is that your assistant?” But Kate controlled the situation with a deft touch, laughing and saying to William:
“Well, I am your assistant”. She added, “I have been for a long time!”
The latest photos of Kate on an official outing come from Thursday, when she joined the official naming ceremony of the warship HMS Glasgow. Kate was called as the sponsor of the state-of-the-art Type 26 anti-submarine frigate in June 2021, a vessel designed to protect the UK’s aircraft carriers.
In 2022, she met Royal Navy sailors from HMS Glasgow at Windsor Castle to watch about the ship’s progress and their experiences in the Royal Navy. Kate released a bottle of whisky, which broke against the ship’s hull at the event held at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Scotstoun, Glasgow during the ceremony.
Earlier in the week, Kate came back to royal garden parties, attending her first one in two years. She amazed guests by joining her husband, the Prince of Wales, at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday afternoon.
William, dressed in a top hat and morning suit, was hosting the traditional outdoor gathering on behalf of his father, the King. The princess, who is in remission from canc3r, missed the 2024 garden party season while dealing with treatment during what William described as a “brutal” year.
The couple met guests from a number of their patronages, military affiliations, and passion projects, including Homewards, Action for Children, and Ty Hafan, as well as Duchy of Cornwall tenants.
Among them was the family of aspiring photographer Liz Hatton, who passed away in November from an aggressive canc3r called desmoplastic small round cell tumour.
