The Duchess of Cambridge proved
just how down-to-earth she is as she chatted to a young boy she thought was
lost.
Kate was on her way to the
Commonwealth Games and she chose to take the train up to Birmingham where she
encountered the young boy, who is the son of Times columnist Matthew
Syed. In a column, the journalist explained that he and his son, Ted, were
traveling first class when he went to use the bathroom, while Ted waited
outside for him.
He explained: “As I am
doing my thing, I hear him talking to a woman in the vestibule. ‘Are you here
alone?’ she asks. ‘No, my dad is in there’ – he says, pointing to the lavatory.”
Matthew continued, saying he
heard the pair laughing together and that they were having a “whale of a
time”.
As he left the cubicle, he
went to thank the woman, before realizing that it was the Duchess of Cambridge.
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Kate was at the Commonwealth Games with William and Charlotte
His son, however, appeared to
be none the wiser, as Matthew recalled: “‘Did you realize who that was,
son?’ I ask him. ‘No idea but she was really nice,’ he responds.”
He concluded the piece by
writing: “The Duchess had no idea she was chatting to the son of a
journalist so I take this to reflect her character and sense of duty. The
monarchy is in consummate hands.”
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The Duchess enjoys travelling by train
William is an experienced and
respected helicopter pilot, having served in the East Anglian Air Ambulance
from 2015 to 2017.
He initially learned to pilot
helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in the RAF, and went on to train as a
search and rescue pilot in 2009.
After passing his exams in
2010, he conducted 156 operations and qualified as an operational Captain.
