{"id":200070,"date":"2025-11-25T21:51:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/200070\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T21:51:12","slug":"prince-william-heaps-praise-on-wife-kate-middleton-during-solo-visit-to-north-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/200070\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William heaps praise on wife Kate Middleton during solo visit to North Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince of Wales<\/a> has heaped praise on the Princess of Wales<\/a>, saying “behind every average man is an even better wife”.<\/p>\n

Prince William, 43, who has been married to his university sweetheart Kate since 2011, made the comment after a youth club leader told of how important his own wife’s support had been.<\/p>\n

The future King carried out a series of engagements in North Wales on Tuesday, including a visit to youth initiative, Youth Shedz, at their headquarters in Mochdre. William heard from children about how the project helps them navigate struggles with school and isolation.<\/p>\n

Scott Jenkinson, 52, the founder of Youth Shedz, walked the Prince through different weekly group activities at the space, including cooking, gaming, podcasting and 3D printing.<\/p>\n

The Prince also spoke to Mr Jenkinson and his wife Sian about the importance of having a strong supporting figure by your side.<\/p>\n

“Were you there with Scott when he turned his life around?” he asked Sian, after hearing of Scott’s previous challenges with homelessness and addiction. “He has done well to turn his life around.”<\/p>\n

Sian replied: “He has, he really has.”<\/p>\n

Scott said: “With my wife behind me. You know that.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0William nodded and replied: “This is it. Behind every average man there is an even better wife.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

WATCH: Prince William jokes about his own sweet tooth as he’s given gifts for George, Charlotte and Louis<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, the Prince visited Colwyn Bay, where he carried out a beach walk with members of the young ocean network who are part of the Marine Conservation Society to hear about their work.<\/p>\n

He also attended a comedy workshop run by\u00a0Welsh comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean who is co-founder of a comedy school in North Wales called Gwneud, Make,\u00a0Do.<\/p>\n

See the best photos from his day\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Media\u00a9 POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

William on his beach walk<\/p>\n

William travelled to Colwyn Bay in north Wales to learn about the work of the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) Youth Ocean Network who have been publicising the wildlife-rich area to their peers and adults.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Prince\u00a9 POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

William posed for selfies<\/p>\n

When he arrived at the seaside town of Colwyn Bay he chatted to dozens waiting on the promenade, was hugged by one woman, and told another well-wisher: “You’ve been her for a while, I can tell \u2013 you’ve got the coldest hands.”<\/p>\n

\"Prince\u00a9 POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

William was all smiles as he was hugged by one well-wisher.<\/p>\n

\"Media\u00a9 POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

William wrapped up against the chill<\/p>\n

In bright winter sunshine, William chatted with young volunteers and Gareth Cunningham, the MCS director of conservation and policy.<\/p>\n

After walking along a stretch of beach near the town centre he visited a nearby restaurant and told a group from the MCS\u2019s two-year Hiraeth Yn Y Mor (Longing for the Sea) project which concluded in March: “I know it’s difficult to keep interest in marine things, well done for keeping going.”<\/p>\n

The initiative saw young people working with north Wales coastal communities in Prestatyn, Rhyl and Kinmel Bay to increase their understanding of the benefits of the sea, improve the sustainable management of local marine heritage, and promote the health and wellbeing benefits of connecting with the ocean.<\/p>\n

Mr Cunningham said later about William: “There was proper engagement, you could see he was really passionate about the project and encouraging us to do more as well.”<\/p>\n

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\"William\u00a9 POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

William’s second engagement <\/p>\n

At Youth Shedz, William joked about flash photography putting him off his shot as he played a game of pool.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Prince\u00a9 Getty<\/p>\n

William was given a tour of the charity’s headquarters<\/p>\n

Founded in 2017, Youth Shedz work with children and young people who have faced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), making it challenging for them to cope with life and school.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Children and young people who visit the shed are able to receive support to navigate these challenges and join activities and workshops that allow them to build strong foundations for a fulfilling life.<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a9 Getty<\/p>\n

William chatting with youngsters at Youth Shedz<\/p>\n

Scott and Sian’s daughter, Emily, showed the Prince a glimpse into the cooking classes Youth Shedz runs for the children after school and gave him homemade earrings for Catherine.<\/p>\n

Sian, a leader at Youth Shedz, explained to the Prince one of their key foundations for the children is learning how to build relationships through sitting down and eating at a table.<\/p>\n

Sian said: “A lot of families don’t sit around a table and talk anymore. We are trying to do what we can to make sitting down and chatting fun.”<\/p>\n

The Prince agreed with the importance of this, adding that children shouldn’t be “by screens or disappearing off elsewhere”.<\/p>\n

William then joked that the sweets he was given from the cookery display “may never make it back” to his own children. <\/p>\n

\"prince\u00a9 POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

William also visited Gwneud, Make, Do. <\/p>\n

At the comedy workshop, William met young aspiring comedians from across the local area and heard about their aspirations and the challenges they face in accessing opportunities within the arts in remote coastal areas.<\/p>\n

\"William\u00a9 POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

William had a chuckle<\/p>\n

The school was created to open doors for people across the region, in order to allow them to develop their comedic talents and open up more arts opportunities for young people particularly those living in isolated rural locations and those from low-income backgrounds.<\/p>\n

William helping the homeless<\/p>\n

Homelessness is something Prince William has passionately advocated for throughout his life. The most significant initiative is Homewards, a transformative five-year, locally-led programme launched in June 2023 by Prince William and The Royal Foundation.<\/p>\n

In an ITV documentary released last year,<\/a> William revealed that he has discussed homelessness with his three children, George, Charlotte, and Louis on the school run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The first few times I thought, do I bring this up? Or should I wait and see if any of them noticed? And sure enough, they did, and they were just sort of in silence after I had said what was going on.<\/p>\n

“And I do think it\u2019s really important that you start those conversations when the children are small, so that they understand the world around them and they\u2019re not just living, you know, in their own little worlds.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prince of Wales has heaped praise on the Princess of Wales, saying “behind every average man is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[20305,434,18,117,19,17,3479,3480,110686,16686,49232],"class_list":{"0":"post-200070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-british-royals","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-kate-middleton","15":"tag-prince-william","16":"tag-prince-william-and-kate","17":"tag-royalty","18":"tag-the-princess-of-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115612555268679167","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}