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| Prince William Says the New Family will be Visiting Australia Next Year |
While mingling with the crowd at Anglesey county fair, William told visiting Australian couple Max and Maxine Davies, from Victor Harbor, south of Adelaide, that the new family hope to travel to Australia soon.
"George is doing really well, thank you,” he said, according to UK media reports. "We are all very hopefully coming to Australia next year."
The couple’s son, Mark Davies, said it was his mother’s second brush with royalty.
“She actually met Prince Charles, I think it was back in 1969. It was while she was on another holiday over in the UK.”
“It’s all pretty exciting, especially for mum who’s a fanatical royalist.”
Mr Davies said his parents, retired farmers who moved from Naracoorte to Victor Harbor in 2004, were about a week into a two-month trip of Britain and Europe that included visiting family near Manchester, a trip to Spain and a Mediterranean cruise.
“I haven’t heard from them just yet, but I imagine they’re just as thrilled about it as everyone over here seems to be,” the Naracoorte resident said.
Victor Harbor Bowling Club member Bill Aldridge, who plays with Max Davies, hopes his fellow player’s conversation with Prince William was enough to convince him to visit Victor Harbor while in Australia.
“We’d love him to come down to our new bowling green,” he said.
“It would definitely lift the spirits in Victor Harbor and create a bit of a buzz having royalty around, although I know the chances are pretty slim.”
The trip would echo Prince William’s trip to Australia as a baby with Princess Diana and Prince Charles in 1983, when he was less than a year old.
William also opened up on parenthood, telling the crowd that baby Prince George is "loud but good looking".
"Catherine in sorry that she cannot be here today at the County Show," William said in his speech, before chatting with locals, inspecting livestock and participating in a falconry display.
