Kate Middleton Tended to a Sick Boy During a Royal Visit
As any parent can attest, mom and/or dad duty never really ends…even if you're in the middle of a royal visit. At least, that's the case for Kate Middleton and Prince William. On Tuesday, People reports, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were paying a visit to an elementary school in Coventry when Middleton's mom senses started tingling. One 10-year-old student had been waiting in the cold for three hours just to see the royals. When Middleton noticed he was looking pale, she came over and bent down to speak to him, according to Carole Flynn, a learning mentor at the school. Middleton then went back to her bodyguards and got the boy a brown paper bag, just in case.
“Princess Kate came over and give him a sickbag,” Flynn told People. “I think he was a little bit overcome.” Totally understandable. Who wouldn't be? Thankfully, the child wasn't so overcome that he ended up needing to use the bag. It seems like being taken care of by Middleton herself was a good enough cure.
“It was lovely of her,” Flynn added. “She really took time with him. You can tell she is a mom and has got that caring side.”
Meanwhile, Prince William had a kid crisis of his own to manage. According to People, there was a little girl in the crowd who was in tears because she wanted a hot chocolate. Before the royals left for their next appointment at the cathedral, Prince William reportedly asked her if he should order her a hot chocolate with marshmallows. "With lots of cream,” she answered.
Despite their expert handling of both kid catastrophes, a mom of three in the crowd still gave the royals some advice, just in case. (This April the couple is expecting another baby, which brings the royal brood count to three.) “I told William, ‘I’ve got three kids so get as much sleep as you can,’" Kelly Brown told People. "And he laughed and said, ‘I’m trying.’" Great to see that being a royal doesn't make you immune from making dad jokes.
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