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Prince William admits he ‘struggles with year 2 maths’ while Kate Middleton is ‘more patient’
PRINCE William has opened up about the struggles that come with homeschooling, admitting that he had trouble grasping “year 2 maths.”
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent lockdown with their three children George, 7, Charlotte, 5 and Louis, 2 at their Norfolk home of Anmer Hall.
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And the royal admitted that Kate Middleton had “more patience” when it came to tackling the school work.
William made the remarks as he joined Peter Crouch alongside BBC Chief Sports writer Tom Fordyce and Radio 1 DJ Chris Stark to record the footballer’s podcast.
Asked what he had learnt during lockdown, William said: “Probably that my patience is a lot shorter than I thought it was and that my wife has a lot of patience.”
He added: "I was a bit embarrassed about my maths knowledge – I can't do Year 2 Maths!"
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The royal was speaking ahead of this weekend's Heads Up FA Cup Final, named after William's mental health charity, when ex-England ace Crouch admitted buying model wife Abbey Clancy a raincoat three years in a row.
William replied: "I did get my wife a pair of binoculars once - she's never let me forget that.
"That was early on in the courtship that was. I wrapped them. They were really nice.
"I was trying to convince myself about it. I was like, 'but these are really amazing, look how far you can see!'
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"She was looking at me going, 'they’re binoculars, what’s going on?'. It didn’t go well. Honestly I have no idea why I bought her a pair of binoculars.”
Wills also told Crouch’s BBC Five Live podcast he once got a police guard to pretend to be a sniper to warn off a footie opponent.
His protection officer used a laser pen to point a red dot at the lad’s legs.
William, 15 at the time, said: “I said: ‘See, he’s following you’. It put him off for about ten minutes.”
The podcast, titled That Prince William Episode, saw Wills, Peter Crouch, Tom Fordyce and Chris Stark discuss the importance of talking about mental health and the role that football can play in supporting people’s mental wellbeing.
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