Prince William joked that Prince George would be jealous as he met with iconic British children’s character Paddington Bear while on tour of China and Japan.
Prince William joked that Prince George would be jealous as he met with iconic British children’s character Paddington Bear while on tour of China and Japan.
Prince William, 32, attended the Shanghai premiere of the film about the iconic bear while on his royal tour of China and Japan. The bear himself gave William a royal salute and the Prince, who also revealed himself to be a big fan of the character, shook his hand.
While in China, the Prince has also met with the nation’s president, Xi Jinping and visited the iconic Forbidden City.
The Prince’s visit to China followed a four-day tour of Japan where he threw himself into the local culture, donning samurai costumes, undertaking traditional tea ceremonies and touring tsunami-devastated areas.
Prince George would have surely loved meeting the giant bear, as he has had a few encounters with giant stuffed animals before – such as the giant wombat he received from Australia’s Governor General Peter Cosgrove while on tour down under with his parents.
It was one amongst a myriad of weird and wonderful gifts the Prince received while in Australia and New Zealand.
Prince George and Duchess Catherine, who is now just weeks away from delivering the royal baby, did not join William on this particular tour.
Instead the pregnant Duchess stated home with little Prince George, with her final royal appearance scheduled for next week – 11th March, closer to home in the British countryside near London.
That doesn’t mean that little George missed out though because as William has travelled around, he’s been inundated with gifts for the young prince – including more giant stuffed toys! Good thing George has a little brother or sister arriving soon, to share all those toys with!
Click through the gallery to see Prince William and some of the adventures he’s had on this royal tour.
Prince William joked that Prince George would envy him as he met with iconic British children’s character Paddington Bear at the Shanghai premiere of the film, while on tour of China and Japan.
Prince George would have surely loved meeting the giant bear, as he has had a few encounters with giant stuffed animals before – such as the giant wombat he received from Australia’s Governor General Peter Cosgrove while on tour down under with his parents.
Prince George is clearly not a impressed by smaller stuffed toys though – he famous threw this stuffed Bilby on the ground while on a visit to Sydney’s Taronga Zoo on last year’s royal tour of Australia and New Zealand.
George would have been quite jealous of his dad as it looks like William got to have all the fun while on tour – here he ides a Brompton Bicycle during his visit to the Great British Festival of Creativity Shanghai.
Prince William visits the iconic Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
Meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
In Japan he dressed up as notorious historical Samurai warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, while visiting the set of Taiga – a long-running Japanese television drama.
Prince William also donned a traditional ‘yukata’ robe while joining the the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for dinner at a traditional at a traditional Japanese Ryoka, or guest house in Fukushima.
Prince William got to meet another giant character while in Japan while visiting NHK Public Broadcasting Studios, where he met with the station’s mascot – an oversized cartoon character named Domo-Kun – lucky for Prince George, William also got given a mini version to take home to him!
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