Overview
- Posted on the couple’s official social accounts on March 1, the video is delivered entirely in Welsh with subtitles, with William opening and Catherine closing by sending St David’s Day wishes and affirming their affection for Wales.
- Kensington Palace confirmed it is Catherine’s first public Welsh message, and both royals wore daffodils, with the princess rewearing a red-and-black houndstooth Alessandra Rich dress.
- The clip was recorded earlier in the week at Frogmore House on the Windsor Home Park estate, according to multiple reports.
- The greeting followed unscheduled stops in rainy Powys, where the pair visited the Hanging Gardens in Llanidloes, Oriel Davies in Newtown, and Hafan Yr Afon, meeting volunteers, families and schoolchildren.
- Social media reaction was largely positive and rapid, while former royal protection chief Dai Davies applauded the effort but said some pronunciation “was not quite there.”