Prince William shared a sweet moment with a little girl dressed as a daffodil this afternoon while visiting Wrexham to mark St David’s Day.
The Prince of Wales, 41, spent time with pupils at All Saints Primary School to see their traditional ways of celebrating the holiday which celebrates the patron saint of Wales.
The royal leaned in to talk to the adorable schoolgirl about her daffodil outfit as she smiled at him in a sweet clip, which was shared on Radio City News. Twitter page.
She told four-year-old Esme Dale: “I like your daffodil, it’s amazing.”
When the sweet clip was posted on X/Twitter, people gushed over the ‘adorable’ little pupil.
During William’s visit, pupils gave him Welsh dragon toys for Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
As he accepted the gifts, William said, “The kids will like these when I come home to these guys.”
They also gave Kate some flowers. She told them: ‘I’ll pass them on to Catherine too, thank you very much.’
The children also took part in a traditional Welsh folk dance called Dawnsio Gwerin and baked Bara Brith, a Welsh tea bread flavored with dried fruit and spices.
The Prince later met with Year 6 pupils to learn about the Gresford mining disaster, in which 266 men died in an explosion and underground fire in September 1934.
Upon his arrival at school the children gave him a bouquet of flowers for his wife Kate while she continues to recover from surgery at home.
Kate will not carry out any official royal engagements until after Easter following abdominal surgery in January, and Kensington Palace insists she is still “doing well”.
Earlier in the day, the Prince poured a pint and drank a whiskey with Hollywood star Rob McElhenney at The Turf pub next to Wrexham AFC, the world’s oldest pub in a sports stadium, which featured in the series ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ on Disney+.
He met staff, charity workers and locals to get a feel for the place; then walked onto the field at the team’s Racecouse Ground to hear tales of the club’s rise since the 2021 takeover by McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, and met the staff and players.
The Prince also met Welsh speakers from Patagonia and, inside the stadium, was presented with a Wrexham AFC shirt by footballers Ben Tozer and Luke Young.
The Prince of Wales praised a little girl’s daffodil costume while visiting All Saints Primary School in Wrexham on Friday.
After a brief interaction with the student, the Prince patted her on the head before addressing the rest of the class.
William received flowers for Kate today from pupils at All Saints Primary School in Wrexham.
The Prince of Wales thanked children at All Saints Primary School in Wrexham for the flowers
The Prince of Wales visited Wrexham School to see their St David’s Day celebrations
On the street outside the pub, a three-year-old girl called Florence Boyle gave William a daffodil and blew him a kiss, before the Prince thanked her with a high-five. They then posed for a photo with her mother Katie, 35, and her father David, 37.
William also quizzed die-hard fans about his fairytale journey with Reynolds and McElhenney, who bought Wrexham AFC and revived the club’s fortunes.
The future King met McElhenney and his regulars at the Turf pub, just a stone’s throw from Wrexham’s ground, and praised their achievements, which have boosted tourism and last season saw the club promoted to the Football League after 15 years of absence.
He said: “It’s a great success story you’re building here, everything you’ve started and achieved is fantastic, so to keep going and upwards is exciting.”
“And anyone who is a real football fan wants to see you do well.”
McElhenney and tenant owner Wayne Jones took William behind the bar and he attempted a pint of the popular Madri beer. His first effort was all foam and declared ‘horrendous’ by the prince and his second was not much better.
—I still have a horrible head, that’s why I don’t work behind the bar. That could be resolved in about an hour, talk to each other,” she joked.
McElhenney suggested his own brand of blended bourbon, Four Walls, and the two each took a swig. William also told McElhenney that he “loves” cider.
Wrexham AFC co-owner Rob McElhenney with Prince William at the Racecourse Ground today
The Prince of Wales visited Wrexham School to see their St David’s Day celebrations
Prince William and Wrexham AFC co-owner Rob McElhenney have a drink on The Turf today
Prince William has a pint with Wrexham AFC co-owner Rob McElhenney on The Turf today
Prince William high fives a girl called Florence Boyle while visiting Wrexham today
William with Katie Boyle, 35, her husband David Boyle, 37, and daughter Florence, 3, today
Also today, William visited the memorial to what was one of Britain’s worst coal mining disasters and met relatives of those who died, as well as people involved in installing the memorial and preserving its history.
The disaster occurred in the early hours of the morning, when the number of workers on site was much higher than usual because many had doubled their shifts in order to watch a Wrexham football match that same day.
William also met members of the Wrexham Miners’ Rescue Station, which opened in 1913 to train rescuers in techniques on how to save miners.
In 1934, many of those trained at the station helped in the mission to save workers trapped in the Gresford disaster, and three of them lost their lives.