Kate teases Prince William over his dance moves after royals treated to show in Pakistan
THE Duchess of Cambridge teased her husband about his dancing today when they visited a traditional village in the north of Pakistan.
Kate Middleton watches traditional Kalash dance in Pakistan
“I’m sorry he didn’t dance too!”
The Duke took the teasing well and told the women - who wore traditional headdresses and bright clothing - that he loved their moves.
The whole village had turned out to meet the couple, who were clapped and cheered as they walked up through the narrow, dirty streets and into the open square.
William was given a traditional Chitrali hat which he immediately put on and Kate an orange beaded headress with a pink feather that she also wore, checking with her host Shahira Bibi to ensure she had it on correctly.
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Special seats had been made of carpet for the royals, where they sat chatting to their local hosts Shahira, Yasir Ali and many school kids.
After the traditional Kalash dancing, sisters Amrina Aneka 17, and Sania Aneka, 13, who have their own YouTube channel sung a local melody.
Chatting to the dancers through her Kalash interpreter Shahira (the language is Kalasha) Kate tried some of the local lingo.
“How do you say ‘thankyou’?” She asked.
Repeating it a couple of times, she said: “Thank you so much for these amazing gifts.
“What’s it like living here? Were you affected by the floods and what did you do to recover?”
Kate and William then met a family who had named their children after Princess Diana- and her eldest son.
Liba Qamar 14, lives in Bumburet and told how her mum Iran had named her daughter Diana after the princess’s visit to the area in 1991.
When young Diana, now 28, had a boy last year, there was only one name for him: William.
Kate took her own camera with her to the village and took some snaps of Liba and her family in their brightly coloured traditional clothing in the village’s backstreets.
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Kate Middleton wears a traditional Chitrali hat in Pakistan
Schoolgirl Liba said: “It’s my dream to meet the Royal Family.
“I have known about Miss Diana and William as my mother Iran gave my older sister the name Diana in 1991 after her visit.
“Then my sister had a son and she called him William and he is one.
“So we just met him and Kate now and Kate took some pictures of us.
“We were talking and I told them I was a big fan of Diana. I told them it was amazing they are here and everyone is excited and happy.
“I told them I watched the wedding and I cried and I just wanted to meet Mr Prince William and Miss Princess Kate (sic).
“It was a miracle and I’m so happy.”
Earlier Kate and William had seen the devastation wrought on the village by floodwaters caused by global warming.
In 2015 the whole village of Bumburet was swept away although miraculously no one was killed.
But the boulders and flood waters damaged many homes, destroyed crops and killed many animals which the villagers rely on for their existence.
Arab Gul, 28, an archaeologist from the village, said: “I left in 2015 just before the flood and when I came back from university in Islamabad I couldn’t believe it was the same village
“Everything had disappeared: lands, houses, everything was washed away
“We were very upset and crying.
“Now we worry it could happen again in May or June time. If it rains we feel we have to move.”
Shahi Gul, 40, mum of six said: “My village is beautiful. During the flood in 2015, beautiful greenery, lands, everything was washed away.
“That time we got very upset. All the food, everything, was washed away, our whole culture.
“But we had no money to give good education to our children.
“Still now we are not financially strong.”
Pacha Bibi, 31, mum of four said: “During the floor everything washed away in our Kalash community.
“We had no meals to eat, no electricity. We were faced with many difficulties.
“We were moved to safe areas but we were still afraid again that it would happen.
I feel myself that still now we are not safe in this area."