Princess Kate had a funny comeback after a group of schoolchildren discussed having to return to school after the summer holidays. Speaking to the schoolchildren as she left her visit to Sudbury Silk Mills in Suffolk, Kate asked them if if they were happy to be back at school.
The schoolchildren told the royal that they were in Year 5 and Year 6, which is the same school year as 10-year-old Princess Charlotte. Kate – who was wearing a necklace sporting all three of her children’s initials – told them: “Thank you for coming to say hi. Is it nice being back at school?”
In unison the pupils replied: “No!”, to which Kate replied, “No!”. The girls laughed at her response, to which Kate then said, “That must have meant you had a really good holiday.”
One of the girls then told her: “Kind of”, to which Kate repeated, “Kind of,” before moving to shake hands with other well-wishers in the crowd.
The Prince and Princess of Wales’s three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – all returned to Lambrook School this week.
Now aged 12, George has entered his final year at the school. It remains unclear which school he will attend next year – but Eton College is said to be in the running.
The couple returned to work after spending the summer holidays with their children on September 4.
Discussing their children during a separate engagement at the Women’s Institute in Sunningdale on September 8, Prince William was asked if their youngest son is “a bit of a handful”.
William responded: “He’s a character, but he’s a very good boy. He likes to wind his brother and sister up.”
Kate – also speaking of George, Charlotte and Louis – revealed that she and her children were “crafting in every corner of the house” during the summer holidays.