{"id":472118,"date":"2026-03-12T20:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:35:10","slug":"prince-william-turns-down-kates-coffee-because-it-wasnt-decaf-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/472118\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William turns down Kate&#8217;s coffee &#8211; because it wasn&#8217;t decaf | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Princess of Wales showed off her barista skills during a visit to London Borough Market &#8211; but her husband was not as impressed.<\/p>\n<p>Huge crowds formed on Thursday to catch a glimpse of the pair &#8211; who even pitched in by serving customers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/princess-of-wales-10691\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kate<\/a> made husband <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/prince-william-6209\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">William<\/a> a coffee &#8211; only for him to turn it away when he realised it wasn&#8217;t decaf.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere she told a brewer that she had to stay clear of alcohol because of her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales showed off her barista skills during a stop at Change Please, a social enterprise training homeless people in coffee retail.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews-princess-of-wales-kate_7190088.jpg\"   alt=\"The Princess of Wales making a cappuccino for the Prince of Wales during a visit to Borough Market.&#10;Pic: PA\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        The Princess of Wales making a cappuccino for the Prince of Wales during a visit to Borough Market.<br \/>\nPic: PA<\/p>\n<p>She handed the finished drink to her husband, saying &#8220;I&#8217;ve made a coffee for you, William&#8221;, but when he asked &#8220;is it decaf?&#8221; and she replied &#8220;no&#8221;, he suggested it should be sold.<\/p>\n<p>Kate carried the coffee with her when they carried on with their tour of the popular attraction that has been a focus for food lovers for decades.<\/p>\n<p>        More on Princess Of Wales<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" data-testid=\"app-promo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Staff member Lorent Maliqi said afterwards: &#8220;She did really well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was surprised, she got the texture of the milk right on point &#8211; it was a great effort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/money-live-tips-personal-finance-consumer-sky-news-latest-13040934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bank customers see people&#8217;s transactions in app glitch<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/video\/the-student-loan-debate-in-60-seconds-13518380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Student loans explained in 60 seconds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>William and Kate were hands-on throughout their visit, which began at the Trethowan Brothers stall where award-winning cheese made from their farm in north Somerset has been sold since the early days of Borough Market almost 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews-kate-wills_7190296.jpg\"   alt=\"Stall holder Todd Trethowan shows his cheese to Prince and Princess of Wales as they visit Borough Market in London. Pic: PA\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        Stall holder Todd Trethowan shows his cheese to Prince and Princess of Wales as they visit Borough Market in London. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>They went on to sample some handmade Pitchfork Cheddar, made with unpasteurised milk, and the Gorwydd Caerphilly cheese, and told Todd Trethowan: &#8220;That&#8217;s lunch taken care of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They then moved behind the counter, cutting a wedge of Caerphilly cheese under Mr Trethowan&#8217;s guidance, before Kate used the wire to slice some of the cheddar, which was bagged and handed to the couple&#8217;s aide for later.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of onlookers packed out the busy central London market to get pictures of the pair.<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews-humble-crumble-princess-of-wales_7190102.jpg\"   alt=\"The Princess of Wales, helped by Kim Innes, at the Humble Crumble stall. Pic: PA\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        The Princess of Wales, helped by Kim Innes, at the Humble Crumble stall. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>The pair then spoke to Kim Innes, who runs Humble Crumble, as she dished out servings of crumble to customers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were really keen to do it and really good at it, and they put on aprons and everything,&#8221; Ms Innes said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were both encouraging each other and were complimentary about each other&#8217;s work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sdc-article-image__item\" loading=\"lazy\" intrinsicsize=\"768x432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews-wales-princess-prince_7190074.jpg\"   alt=\"The pair also poured pints during a visit to the Southwark Brewing Company. Pic: PA\" data-testid=\"article-image-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Image:<br \/>\n        The pair also poured pints during a visit to the Southwark Brewing Company. Pic: PA<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the pair were declared winners in a pint pulling contest against the founder of a brewery, as they visited London&#8217;s Bermondsey Beer Mile.<\/p>\n<p>They were invited to try beers and ciders at the Fabal Beerhall, and went behind the bar at the Southwark Brewing Company.<\/p>\n<p>Kate asked brewer Hannah Rhodes if they had any non-alcoholic beers, saying she had to stay clear of alcohol since her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She said something along the lines of &#8216;since my diagnosis it has been best to avoid alcohol&#8217;,&#8221; Ms Rhodes told the Press Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Princess of Wales showed off her barista skills during a visit to London Borough Market &#8211; but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-472118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}