If anyone wanted a window into the Waleses’ world, yesterday’s remarkable ‘mini movie‘ was it.
It was conspicuous that there was not a phone or a tablet in sight. Ruddy-cheeked, clear-eyed and bare-legged, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and little Prince Louis scrambled around in the forests, fields and beaches near their Norfolk home, playing cricket, climbing trees and competitively challenging their parents to card games.
Some cynics were quick to scoff that this bucolic and decidedly wholesome slice of family life appeared contrived – but in that they would be wrong.
What you see is pretty much what you get with the Prince and Princess of Wales, and as parents William and Kate really do practise what they preach, friends stress.
The lack of ‘tech’, the outdoors lifestyle and their love of nature are part and parcel of their daily lives.
While Adelaide Cottage, their relatively cosy (by royal standards) four-bedroom property on the Windsor estate is the family’s…