Kate Middleton and Prince William mark NHS anniversary in very special way
KATE and Prince William have joined hospital staff for afternoon tea to celebrate the NHS's birthday.
Kate Middleton and William celebrate NHS’ 72nd birthday
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn to mark the 72nd anniversary of the NHS. Kate, 38, and William, 38, enjoyed afternoon tea with doctors, nurses and other staff at the hospital in Norfolk.
Mother-of-three Kate looked stunning in a blue dress with a white collar, while William was smart in a grey blazer.
The hospital, which celebrates its own 40th birthday later this month, serves more than 330,000 people across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire and has treated 450 patients with coronavirus.
Kate and William are spending the lockdown at their Norfolk residence Anmer Hall with their three children Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, five, and two-year-old Prince Louis.
The couple have recently started stepping out for face-to-face royal engagements as restrictions have eased.
They had been keeping busy with video calls as they continued royal duties during the lockdown.
Last week, Kate joined families from East Anglia's Children's Hospices at one of their hospices near Norwich.
She worked alongside a volunteer gardener, staff and two families to help create a new garden for The Nook.
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Tracy Rennie, Each's acting chief executive, said of Kate: "She was absolutely prepared to get her hands dirty - she didn't need the gardening gloves we offered her - and even plunged her hands into the earth with that massive engagement ring on!"
Meanwhile, William went for a pint at his local ahead of pubs reopening on Saturday.
The 38-year-old visited the Rose and Crown in Snettisham.
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After sanitising his hands with gel he asked landlords Anthony and Jeannette Goodrich: "Can I have a pint of cider please? I'm a cider man."
William ordered a £4.15 pint of Aspall Suffolk Draught Cyder and a plate of chips.
He sat in the pub’s garden with the landlords, their head chef Philip Milner and duty manager Lucy Heffer.
When his drink and food arrived he joked: "I don't know where I pay, I'll do that before I leave, I promise."
In June, William and Kate took to the high street following the reopening of non-essential shops
William toured a bakery and Kate made a separate trip to a garden centre.
The outings were their first face-to-face public engagements since the coronavirus lockdown began.
Kate visited Fakenham Garden Centre while William visited Smiths the Bakers in King's Lynn.