{"id":536793,"date":"2026-07-07T03:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/536793\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:24:13","slug":"kate-middleton-reacts-after-patient-asks-if-she-is-the-queen-during-london-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/536793\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton reacts after patient asks if she is the queen during London visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1408283_5167898_1_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Kate Middleton reacts after patient asks if she is the queen during London visit\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Princess Kate on Monday visited Evelina London Children&#8217;s Hospital and met patients and staff at the UK\u2019s most renowned medical facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales, who is the patron of the hospital also met parents, children and intensive care specialists.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the Princess of Wales met a ten-year-old Ejran, a cardiac patient, who asked her if she were the Queen and chatted about a poem he has written about Shrek. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you the queen?&#8221; asked the patient.  Thee wife of heir to the throne, Prince William, responded, \u201cI am Princess of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Princess Kate also soke to to 14 years old Hope as she visits the Edward ward, a new children&#8217;s cardiac ward.<\/p>\n<p>The future queen was presented with a bouquet of flowers by a girl after her visit to Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Later, A statement issued by Kensington Palace said, \u201cA visit to Evelina London Children\u2019s Hospital to see how specialist expertise, compassionate care and family-centred support are helping children and their loved ones through some of life\u2019s most challenging moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement added, \u201cFrom innovative cardiac services to plans for a new children\u2019s hospital and future cancer centre, it was inspiring to meet the dedicated teams, patients and families helping shape the next generation of children\u2019s healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate on Monday visited Evelina London Children&#8217;s Hospital and met patients and staff at the UK\u2019s most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":["post-536793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}