On Thursday, the Princess of Wales proved that her new title hasn’t gotten in the way of her ability to have some fun when she joined in to dance the “Hokey Cokey” (as the “Hokey Pokey” is called in the UK) along with a group of young children at the Dracaena Centre in Falmouth, Cornwall.
Kate and Prince William were visiting the community center as a part of their first joint trip to the ceremonial county in southeast England since they became the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall last September.
The couple began their trip with a visit to the National Maritime Museum, where they helped a group of students from a nearby school who were building a boat.
They later joined another group of students to race miniature boats in an indoor tank. When they left the museum, Kate was greeted by Jim Embury, one of her history teachers at her prep school nearly 25 years ago.
“I do recognize you. I remember the classroom and everything,” she said, according to the BBC. “I’m trying to teach my daughter all the things you probably taught me.”
Following the walkabout where Kate encountered Embury, the couple visited the Dracaena Center, where they sat in on a session for mothers and young children. Later, they visited a new NHS Wellbeing Hub located in the center, which provides mental health support to the community.
Though the couple were given the titles Prince and Princess of Wales by King Charles III during his first televised address on September 10, the couple automatically received the Cornwall titles when Queen Elizabeth II died the day before.
Along with the titles comes access to the traditional fortune of the heir to the throne, the Duchy of Cornwall, believed to be worth nearly 1 billion British pounds. Before he ascended the throne, the king was a constant presence in Cornwall, and managing the estate of the Duchy was a major part of his role over the last five decades.
