Guess who’s on the great cake-off diet?
At Mental Health Day, Prince’s revealing aside about bake ban
HER svelte figure is the envy of women everywhere.
And it seems the Duchess of Cambridge may also be encouraging her husband to watch his waistline – after William revealed he has been banned from eating cake.
William made the confession as he and Kate marked World Mental Health Day yesterday by visiting youngsters who have battled back from mental health problems to help others cope with similar issues. As he walked past a trestle table holding a display of cupcakes at the event in Harrow College in North-West London, William said: ‘I’m not allowed cakes.
‘Also it is very difficult to talk to people when I am eating cakes. I would cover all your tops with chocolate. It’s not very good.’
In a previous interview, Carolyn Robb, a former personal chef to Prince Charles, revealed the Prince’s boyhood love of cake: ‘Princess Diana was very keen that her boys should have a really healthy diet, but they had treats too.’
During their visit yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chatted to volunteers with the charity Mind and the anti-stigma campaign Time To Change.
Both appeared visibly moved as the youngsters spoke of the stigma associated with mental health problems. Asked by William why she had become involved with the campaign, Nikki Mattocks, 18, said: ‘I have experience of hearing voices and I never really felt there was a positive role model out there.
‘When I said that I was hearing voices, I was told that I must be a murderer. For me it is really important for people to know that we are just normal, average people.’
At the end of the visit, Kate – who wore a £258 Tory Burch dress previously seen during last year’s tour of New Zealand – provoked laughter as she jokingly asked William whether he wanted to accept the bouquet she had been presented with.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said of the Prince’s cake comment: ‘I think probably it was a joke by Prince William. I know he doesn’t eat when he is talking to people as it can be awkward.’