{"id":775810,"date":"2026-09-19T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775810\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:28:13","slug":"prince-william-forced-to-intervene-in-hilarious-moment-with-catherine-during-trip-to-isle-of-bute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/775810\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William forced to intervene in hilarious moment with Catherine during trip to Isle of Bute"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince and Princess of Wales enjoyed a charming day out on the Isle of Bute on Thursday, with one particularly amusing moment stealing the show during their first official visit to the Scottish island.<\/p>\n

As the couple – who hold the titles Duke and Duchess of Rothesay north of the border – greeted crowds in their namesake town, Catherine became so engrossed in conversation with well-wishers that Prince William was forced to intervene.<\/p>\n

“You’ve got to speed up,” he quipped, tapping his watch. “You’ve got to get all the way down there before you go!”<\/p>\n

The 44-year-old princess, clutching a bouquet of flowers, appeared to apologise to the crowd before promptly resuming her chats just a few steps further along the line.<\/p>\n

Video footage captured William standing somewhat awkwardly behind his wife, grinning and chatting to a member of their team as Catherine carried on regardless, posing for selfies with yet another group of admirers.<\/p>\n

The gathered crowd responded with cheers and applause, with one onlooker shouting from the back: “You two are f****** brilliant!”<\/p>\n

It is hardly the first time the Princess of Wales has found herself trailing behind during a royal engagement. At a Christmas walkabout in 2024, she fell so far behind her husband and children that she remarked to onlookers: “I seem to have lost my family!”<\/p>\n

William was reportedly spotted reaching for his phone, thought to be summoning a protection officer to usher her along.<\/p>\n

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The Prince and Princess of Wales enjoyed a charming day out on the Isle of Bute on Thursday, with one particularly amusing moment stealing the show during their first official visit to the Scottish island<\/p>\n

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‘You’ve got to speed up,’ William quipped to his wife, tapping his watch<\/p>\n

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The Prince of Wales then ushered Catherine down the rest of the line<\/p>\n

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The couple’s visit to Bute Shinty Club provided further entertainment, as both tried their hand at the hockey-like sport played with a curved stick and a small, hard ball.<\/p>\n

William’s opening effort barely travelled a few inches, though he soon found his range to cheers from onlookers.<\/p>\n

Catherine initially swung and missed entirely, but quickly improved, firing shots at the goalkeeper with increasing confidence.<\/p>\n

One effort nearly struck the assembled press, prompting her to apologise: “Sorry!”<\/p>\n

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The couple tried their hand at the hockey-like sport played with a curved stick and a small, hard ball – though William’s opening effort barely travelled a few inches<\/p>\n

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One of Catherine’s effort nearly struck the assembled press, prompting her to apologise: ‘Sorry!’<\/p>\n

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She later joked with content creator Andy McAlindon, known as Andy the Highlander, who had been standing beside the goal: “I was a bit worried I was going to take your teeth out.”<\/p>\n

Former Bute shinty player Tom McMillan offered his verdict: “I think they did very well, Kate hit the ball better than William and she really got into it and was lining the balls up.”<\/p>\n

The couple subsequently took part in a beach litter pick, with William climbing into the cab of a tractor used in the clean-up effort while Catherine stood alongside.<\/p>\n

Their final stop was the community-owned Anchor Tavern Pub and Hub in Port Bannatyne, a venture sustained by a substantial volunteer workforce.<\/p>\n

William expressed admiration for the pub’s operating model, which relies on local volunteers to remain financially sustainable, while Catherine called it something “special”.<\/p>\n

The visit to the island, reached by ferry from the mainland, was designed to celebrate Bute’s strong tradition of community spirit and volunteering.<\/p>\n

It formed part of a busy month for the couple, who also accompanied Prince George as he began his studies at Eton College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Prince and Princess of Wales enjoyed a charming day out on the Isle of Bute on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,50,120,119,1852,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-775810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-news","tag-prince-william","tag-princess-of-wales","tag-royal","tag-sgg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775810","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=775810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}