The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have
just wrapped their Caribbean tour, visiting Belize, Jamaica and the
Bahamas. And while fans were kept updated with the couple’s every move and
high-profile engagement, they also love seeing more personal, behind-the-scenes
tidbits that are often revealed during tours.
Late on Saturday night, William and Kate were pictured bidding
an official farewell to the Bahamas and putting a close to their eight-day
whistlestop tour.
They took a short inter-island flight from Great Abaco to
Lynden Pindling International Airport in the capital, Nassau, and were spotted
aboard the aircraft.
William and Kate were clearly seen at the very front of the
plane, while their royal entourage were seated closely behind with an empty row
left between the two parties.
Among their team pictured on board were the couple’s
private secretaries, Hannah Cockburn-Logie, who has been managing Kate’s
diaries and meetings and accompanying the Duchess on official engagements since
June 2020, and Jean-Christophe Gray, who was appointed William’s private
secretary in February of last year, taking over from Christian Jones.
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The royals are always seated at the front of the plane followed by their team
Jean-Christophe previously worked in the Government’s
Treasury Department as head of general expenditure policy, as well as working
in the communications team for then-Prime Minister David Cameron from 2021
to 2015.
Hannah, meanwhile, already had a professional relationship
with the royals before joining as Kate’s right-hand woman; she arranged
and accompanied the couple on their seven-day tour to India and Bhutan in April
2016.
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William and Kate were spotted on the inter-island flight
While William and Kate’s photo from Saturday showed the
royals on an inter-island flight and not on their larger commercial aircraft
traveling from the Bahamas to the UK, it’s understood they follow the same
seating arrangement.
The royals are usually seated at the front of the plane
followed by their team, while media who are covering their engagements such as
royal tours and traveling with them for logistical purposes are at the back.
