Kate Middleton Graciously Visits Kitchen Staff During Action on Addiction’s Gala

ROYAL GESTURE –

Aug. 25, 2023 – The royal made the surprising move of heading to the kitchen to meet those who had a hand in preparing the evening’s meal. Kate shook hands and chatted with Action on Addiction clients who were working as apprentices in the kitchen. The royal met Jay Otty, who had been sober for nine years and worked at a dry bar in Liverpool, and Melanie Bennett, who said her treatment at the charity’s Self-Help Addiction Recovery Programme in Liverpool was life-saving.

Leaning over plates waiting to be filled for the evening, Kate said it must be “so rewarding” for them to now be giving back to help others recover.

During a rare interview with BBC in April 2020, Kate and William opened up about homeschooling Prince George and Princess Charlotte in addition to how they’re keeping the children busy during COVID-19 lockdowns.

“The children have got such stamina, I don’t know how,” Kate said. “Honestly, you get to the end of the day and you write down the list of all the things that you’ve done in that day. So, you pitch a tent, take the tent down again, cook, bake. You get to the end of the day — they have had a lovely time — but it is amazing how much you can cram into one day, that’s for sure.”

And Kate has a tradition for her kids: staying up late to make cake ahead of their birthdays.

“I love making the cake,” she said on A Berry Royal Christmas in 2019. “It’s become a bit of a tradition that I stay up ‘til midnight with ridiculous amounts of cake mix and icing, and I make far too much. But I love it.”