Princess Kate’s cheeky 6-word question to Prince William during daring outing

The Princess of Wales rarely breaks her composure in public while carrying out royal duties, but she’s been known to engage in light-hearted banter with her husband from time to time. 

Kate’s playful side was on full display during a daring engagement in Wales when she asked her husband, Prince William, one cheeky question. On 20 November 2015, the royal couple showed off their athleticism while abseiling on a visit to Towers Residential Outdoor Education Centre in Capel Curig.

When it was William’s turn to descend down the cliffside, his wife was behind the ropes. 

“William, how much do you love me?” Kate reportedly asked her husband. “I’m quite enjoying this actually. For once I’m in control,” she added, holding on to William’s support ropes.

Light-hearted moments

During their engagement interview, William divulged that his partner’s humour is quite different to his own. 

“She’s got a really naughty sense of humour, which kind of helps me because I’ve got a really dry sense of humour,” he said. 

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Since tying the knot in 2011, the couple have shared many fun moments and giggles in public together. Most recently, William jokingly hurried his wife along while they met with locals on their trip to the Isle of Bute in Scotland on 17 September. 

In a video of the couple on a royal walkabout, which was shared by Kings Guard Tours,  William told Kate, while tapping on his watch: “You’ve got to speed up, you’ve got to get all the way down there before you go.”

William ‘visibly relaxes’ with Kate

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William has been undertaking solo engagements his whole adult life, but when his wife Kate is nearby, the royal “visibly relaxes“, Simon Vigar, author of The Four Wives of Windsor, told HELLO!.

“William is very happy for Catherine to take the spotlight in a way that back in the day Charles wasn’t with Diana, of course, but he is now with Camilla. They are clearly a double act,” he added. 

“It’s very hard to do that job on your own, and I think we’ll see an even stronger double act when the time comes, when William becomes king. She’s obviously very, very important to him personally and publicly.”