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Kate Middleton<\/a> knew just what to say to a group of pupils who voiced their reluctance about being back in the classroom!\u00a0\n<\/p>\n On Thursday, Sept. 11, the Princess of Wales, 43, shared a clever comeback in conversation with a group of young schoolgirls as she left Sudbury Silk Mills in Sudbury, Suffolk.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n “Nice to meet you. What school have you come from? Thank you for waiting. I saw you when I came in, and I wanted to say hello, because you have been waiting very patiently, I gather, have you?” Princess Kate said in fan footage shared to Instagram<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n The students told the princess that they were in Year 5 and Year 6, putting some of them in the same grade as Princess Charlotte<\/a>, who is a Year 6 student at the Lambrook School.\n<\/p>\n Kate Middleton at Sudbury Silk Mills on Sept. 11, 2025.<\/p>\n Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n Princess Kate then spoke about what she saw inside the silk mill and asked the girls, “Thank you for coming to say hi. Is it nice being back at school?”\n<\/p>\n “No,” the pupils said in unison. “No!” Kate exclaimed, which made the girls laugh.\n<\/p>\n “That must have meant you had a really good holiday,” the Princess of Wales sweetly suggested.\n<\/p>\n “Kind of,” one student said, and Kate repeated, “Kind of,” moving to shake hands with other well-wishers in the crowd.\n<\/p>\n Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n Princess Kate and Prince William<\/a> are parents to Prince George<\/a>, 12, Princess Charlotte<\/a>, 10, and Prince Louis<\/a>, 7, and all three kids went back to school last week after a summer break.\n<\/p>\n Working members of the royal family like the Prince and Princess of Wales traditionally retreat from mid-July through August for a private summer break before fall begins.\n<\/p>\n Prince William, 43, and Princess Kate returned to work last week<\/a> on Sept. 4 and spoke about their kids at their latest engagement on Sept. 8, when they visited the Women\u2019s Institute in Sunningdale on the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth<\/a>‘s death.\n<\/p>\n Kate Middleton and Prince William at the National Federation of Women’s Institute in Sunningdale on Sept. 8, 2025.<\/p>\n Ryan Jenkinson \/ Kensington Palace<\/p>\n Can’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage? Sign up for our free Royals newsletter to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!\u00a0<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n There, the Prince of Wales had the best response when asked whether Prince Louis was “a bit of a handful”<\/a> and Princess Kate revealed that she and the kids were “crafting in every corner of the house”<\/a> during summer vacation.\u00a0<\/p>\n