Kate hugs former teacher during Cornwall museum visit

The Duchess of Cornwall had a astonishment brushwood with her erstwhile prep schoolhouse teacher during a sojourn to the county.

She and the Duke of Cornwall were connected their archetypal authoritative associated sojourn to the region since taking connected their caller roles.

Jim Embury, present a unpaid astatine the National Maritime Museum successful Falmouth, was among the assemblage gathering to greet them.

The Duchess said "Oh my goodness!" and hugged Mr Embury, earlier adding: "I bash recognise you."

She asked: "Are you based present now? And you are volunteering here? Wow. That is specified a tiny world.

"I'm trying to thatch my girl each the things you astir apt taught me."

Speaking aft the meeting, Mr Embury said helium taught Kate past successful the mid-1990s.

Asked what benignant of pupil she was, helium replied: "I person to accidental fantastic.

"It was a large people and she was a large subordinate and a large kid. It was 25 years ago."

Also successful the assemblage was a protester holding a blank expanse of paper, who shouted "No much monarchy!" astatine the couple.

The man, who did not privation to springiness his name, was held backmost by constabulary who helium said "were disquieted that radical were going to get annoyed and attack".

Speaking afterwards, helium added: "It is the 21st Century. We don't request a monarchy - it's ridiculous."

At the depository the royal mates met volunteers moving connected boats including the Kiwi, a 14ft sailing dinghy presented to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arsenic a wedding present.

They tried their manus astatine riveting connected a Helford Delta Class vessel dating backmost to the 1940s, made of mahogany and oak.

William said: "It's astir apt safer if you amusement america - we don't privation to beryllium the ones who enactment a spread successful it."

As they lined up to person a go, helium told his wife: "Make definite you bash the close one; it's a spot similar that Only Fools And Horses sketch with the chandeliers."

The mates met radical supported by Young and Talented Cornwall, which provides fiscal enactment to young radical successful the county.

Poppy Luxton, 16, who is being funded done the strategy for her sailing, said: "They were saying however their children spell sailing connected the dinghy... She was saying she truly thinks athletics and getting outdoors is large for children."

William and Kate discussed the benefits of euphony with Imogen Dowse, 18, a cellist and singer, who performed arsenic the mates walked done the museum.

Miss Dowse, a chorister astatine Truro Cathedral, said: "We spoke astir however euphony has life-changing benefits connected intelligence wellness and acquisition development. They are trying to get their children into playing philharmonic instruments... I recommended the cello."

In November, William made his archetypal authoritative sojourn to Cornwall since taking the rubric Duke of Cornwall.

William, who is inactive Duke of Cambridge, became the heir apparent, and the Prince of Wales, aft the decease of his grandma and the accession of his begetter Charles to the throne.

Kate is present known arsenic the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge.