Shaking hands and taking selfies, offering smiles and hugs, Kate Middleton is always generous with the public. The rain that pounded the streets of Newtown on Thursday, February 26 didn’t stop her and husband Prince William from interacting with the Welsh for twenty-five minutes, according to the BBC. With daffodils—the country’s symbolic flower—on their coats and umbrellas in hand, the Prince and Princess of Wales strolled through the crowds and shook hands. According to the BBC, this stroll was not on the agenda for the day’s visit to East Wales, but the Prince and Princess stopped their car to meet the public, who were waiting in spite of the downpour.
The Prince and Princess of Wales during a visit to Newtown, Wales, on February 26, 2026.
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During this impromptu stopover, the Princess of Wales was challenged to a game of rock-paper-scissors by a little boy, as witnessed by a video shared on X by journalist Emily Ferguson. In the clip, Middleton is seen winning the first round. “Let’s do it again,” she then encourages her young opponent. A second boy joins them, and they play four games, until the princess fails, defeated by the “scissors” of her opponent, whom she promptly congratulates on his victory.
