Kate Middleton reveals 'grumpy' Prince George losing lockdown family sunflower contest with brother Louis
KATE Middleton has revealed how Prince George has become "grumpy" over losing a sunflower-growing competition with brother Louis.
The Duchess of Cambridge has given an inside glimpse into how her family has kept busy during lockdown when she visited a new garden for a children's hospice.
The keen gardener joined families from East Anglia's Children's Hospices (Each) to plant a garden at The Nook, near Norwich, on Thursday.
While planting sunflowers with the children, she said Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are competing with each other to see who can grow the tallest sunflower.
Prince Louis is currently is in the lead leaving his siblings "grumpy".
Kate, 38, said: "The children are really enjoying growing their sunflowers, Louis's is winning so George is a little grumpy about that!"
Kate, wearing a long floral summer dress and flats, worked alongside a volunteer gardener, staff and two families to help create a new garden design for a large patio area to mark the end of Children's Hospice Week.
The Duchess taught Star Pope-Saunders, 11, her brothers Hudson, eight, and six-year-old Sonny how to loosen the plants from their pots to replant them.
She gave each child sunflower seeds and encouraged them to plant their own so they could watch it grow.
The sunflower has become a symbol emblem of hospice care, a symbol of joy with the seeds representing patients and the surrounding petals as love, care and compassion.
'YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION'
Thursday was the Pope-Saunders family's first time at The Nook with Sonny, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour shortly after his birthday in February.
Mum Kelly Pope-Saunders, from Norwich, said after the royal visit: "She said they are having a sunflower-growing competition and Louis is winning, much to George's annoyance.
"It was so nice to see her – and in such a lovely dress too – getting stuck in."
Kate earlier told the family: "I'm always so blown away by families like yours, particularly having to go through all of this in lockdown.
"You show such resilience and bravery. You're such an inspiration to us all.
"More people in the country should meet families like you, there's a huge amount of change for you all to take on and you have coped fantastically."
Kate also revealed she yet to see some of her own family.
Chatting to people during her visit to Fakenham Garden Centre, the duchess said: "I've yet to see my family as they're about three hours away in Berkshire, so I haven't seen them and I miss them."
The Duchess also re-potted a large sunflower that she donated to Each in memory of nine-year-old Fraser Delf, who died in January this year at the Milton hospice in Cambridge.
Tracy Rennie, Each's acting chief executive, said: "She was absolutely prepared to get her hands dirty – she didn't need the gardening gloves we offered her – and even plunged her hands into the earth with that massive engagement ring on!"
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