The smart set’s talking about... Prince’s pal Daisy Jenks

THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge usually watch like hawks for paparazzi lurking outside Kensington Palace.

So courtiers were surprised last week to see a young lady, casually clad in a grey jumper and dark trousers, strolling round the grounds with a video camera like she owned the place.

However, I can reveal that she had special permission to be there, because she is Daisy Jenks, the wife of Prince William’s old friend Charlie van Straubenzee. Daisy, 27, is a society videographer and was hired to film a Christmas party hosted by William and Kate for the families of Armed Forces personnel. ‘She volunteered to help create a video of the event that could be given to families attending the party,’ confirms a palace source.

The royal appointment will, no doubt, do wonders for Daisy’s video business, Jenks & Co, which she runs with her 24-year-old sister Kitty.

They were born in Surrey to businessman and publisher Philip Jenks and Alexandra Nicol, daughter of the German aristocrat Christiane Freiin von Canstein.

Daisy studied robotics at Cambridge, but found her calling making quirky wedding videos.

If any courtiers should doubt her status, at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials, Daisy was seated in the Quire of St George’s Chapel, opposite HM.