The Prince and Princess of Wales have a long list of interests and sporty passions, but there is one hobby of William’s that Kate really can’t get behind
Princess Kate and Prince William aren’t shy about sharing their personal passions and interests with the public – and their cheeky competitiveness often shines through.
The couple have long been known to keep up a seriously active lifestyle, together boasting a long list of sporty hobbies including polo, surfing, and running.
However, one of Prince William’s long-held interests makes Kate wince, as admits to absolutely hating it. She once revealed she never wants her oldest son, Prince George, to follow in his father’s footsteps and pick it up. The future King has since scaled back on his much-loved hobby with his family in mind.
The hobby in question is riding motorbikes – and it’s pretty understandable that Kate wasn’t so keen. Known for its high stakes, the hobby gets adrenaline pumping for a reason, and Kate didn’t love the idea of her beloved husband taking part in such a risky activity on a regular basis.
Kate revealed just how much William’s hobby stressed her out back in 2015 when the couple were four years into their marriage. At the time, their son George was only two years old and their daughter Charlotte was still a baby, at only a few months old.
“He’s still riding it,” she said about his motorbike during a visit to Dundee, “It always fills me with horror when he goes out on it. I’m terrified. Hopefully, I’m going to keep George off it.”
William is reported to have gained his motorbike license when he was 19, but just a few years after Kate revealed her anxieties about his hobby publicly, he admitted that he had seriously scaled back his rides.
“I’m a dad of three. I have to tone it down. I miss big trips, for me biking was always about being with everybody else,” William said in 2018 at the Isle of Man TT races.
A few years after getting his motorbike license, William and his younger brother Prince Harry embarked on the adventure of a lifetime together, as they took on a daring off-road course across South Africa – in the name of a good cause. The 1000-mile trip saw the two once-close brothers raise an incredible £500,000 for charity.
Kate definitely isn’t the only member of the Royal Family to have their doubts about William riding motorbikes around, with his father Charles reportedly saying at a reception in St. James Palace when his sons were younger, “I always worry about them. It’s about other cars not being able to see you. I’m always telling my sons that”.
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