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Prince William explains what makes dinnertime a success with his and Kate Middleton’s kids

Dinners at the Cambridge house aren’t always a home run


MAY 21, 2020 11:43 AM EDT

 Prince William  and  Kate Middleton  can relate to parents of picky eaters! The royal dad of three opened up about dinnertime in the Cambridge household while speaking with Charlie Farrally, who is the community chef at the PEEK Project (Possibilities for Each and Every Kid) in Glasgow. “You’ll know yourself the hardest time is dinnertime,” Charlie told the Duke, who laughed, “It depends what’s on the table.” William added, “If parents put something on that children love, then dinner time goes very well. But if you put something on the table they don’t want to do, that’s another ball game.”

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The Duke of Cambridge opened up about dinnertime with his and Kate Middleton’s children

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are parents to  Prince George , six,  Princess Charlotte , five, and  Prince Louis , two. In the past, Kate has revealed that her children “absolutely love” beetroot and enjoy making pizza “because they like getting their hands messy.”

The family of five has been staying at their country home in Norfolk amid the  coronavirus  lockdown in the UK. Kate has spoken about the “ups and downs” while self-isolating at Anmer Hall. “It gets a bit hectic, I’m not going to lie, with a two-year-old,” she confessed to BBC in April. “The children have got such stamina, I don’t know how honestly. You get to the end of the day, you write down all the list of things you’ve done in that day. You sort of pitch a tent, take the tent down again, cook, bake, you get to the end of the day, they’ve had a lovely time. But it is amazing how much you can cram into one day, that’s for sure.”

Aside from homeschooling Charlotte and George, the Duchess has been enjoying one of her favorite hobbies, photography, with her children at home. Earlier this month, during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning, Kate said, “I am very much an amateur photographer. I’ve sort of learned along the way, but during this time I’ve spent lots of time picking up my camera and taking photographs of the children because they are always around us when we are doing stuff together, which has been great.”