Kate Middleton jokes her children will boycott her pancakes after her Shrove Tuesday efforts fall flat
PRINCESS Kate yesterday joked that her kids will boycott her pancakes after her early Shrove Tuesday efforts fell flat.
Her attempt during a nursing home visit appeared to stick to the pan and looked misshapen.
And the Princess of Wales, 41, admitted George, nine, Charlotte, seven, and Louis, four, would not have been impressed.
She laughed: “Maybe the children won’t want to do pancakes. ‘Mummy we’ve seen you do it — no way’.”
Cooking on a temporary hot plate, Kate looked in trouble from the off with the mixture and her spatula.
As it stuck to the pan, she cried out: “That is not working.
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“This is not going anywhere. I am going to have to ease it off.”
But the residents and staff at Oxford House Nursing Home in Slough, Berks, gave her cheers as she flipped the scrappy crepe.
Kate quipped: “This is very much how not to make a pancake.
“Apologies for my pancake.
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“I’ll have to try and do a better one.”
The visit was part of Kate’s drive to visit organisations in the area following her family’s move to Windsor last year.
Tony Johnson, owner of the home, said he had been shocked to be approached for the event.
He added: “We thought it was a spoof but we double-checked and spoke to the royal team.
“It was a delight, particularly for residents.”
