This is the sweet moment Prince William puts a loving arm around Princess Catherine as the couple enjoyed a day of engagements in Scotland.
The husband and wife, known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay in Scotland, were busy with back-to-back events as part of their visit to Stirling and Falkirk.
The pair greeted members of the public after a visit to Radical Weavers, a working handweaving studio and charity, where they shared a heart-warming moment.
As Catherine and William both greeted royal fans and took pictures with those eager to catch a glimpse of them, the prince placed his hand on her upper back.
The Waleses were all smiles as they posed to take selfies with the crowd, and Princess Kate accepted flowers from onlookers.
Later, the husband and wife visited ‘The Goth’ – short for ‘The Gothenburg’ – A pub in Fallin, a former mining village four miles east of Stirling.
As they arrived, the pair ignored a lone heckler who shouted: ‘How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein? Have you been covering up for Andrew?’
Upon entering ‘The Goth’, William revealed that he ‘absolutely loves pubs’ and wants to help as he sat with a group of local men.
Catherine refused a drink as she sat down at a table to speak to local school teachers while William nursed half a pint of cider.
The Princess of Wales is all smiles as she chats with locals at The Goth, a pub in Scotland
Named after a Swedish tradition where profits are funnelled back into the community, there were previously 50 ‘Goth’ pubs in the county, but now there are just four.
Before the advent of the NHS, the tavern paid for a doctor and a nurse to help people living nearby.
Today, the two flats above the pub offer cheap rent to young people who are saving money to get on the housing ladder.
The pub has a long history in Fallin, which developed as a mining village around the Polmaise Colliery.
As well as providing a place for miners to drink after work, it also became a focal hub for the community, with supervisors able to keep tabs on workers drinking too much.
The village became well-known during the miners’ strike of the 1980s when workers were among the first to strike and the last to return during the protest.
Meanwhile, the future king was told how the pub continues to promote its strong links with the community, including a nearby bowls club, which dates back to 1911.
‘It’s crucial. It’s the human-to-human contact, isn’t it, rather than just being on the phone or watching TV,’ William said of hearing the pub’s impact.
Meanwhile, on another table, Catherine was given a crocheted bunny for her daughter, Princess Charlotte, by Adele Hodgson.
The 70-year-old had taken up the hobby around a year ago and auctions off her creations to raise money for the local hospice, Strathcarron.
The princess said: ‘She will absolutely love that. She’s got lots of teddies on her bed. Well done, that must have taken a long time.Thank you so much.’
Before the royal couple left, Catherine spotted the prince’s unfinished drink and said: ‘You need to finish that.’
However, William simply laughed and replied that he wanted to stay on his ‘best behaviour’.
The princess was then presented with a bouquet while William was given a Guinness glass engraved with the pub’s logo – and inside was a scroll gifting him ten shared of the business.
Colin Campbell, 65, a retired engineer and another shareholder, described his encounter with the prince as ‘surreal.’
‘They said the King’s son was coming and I thought, obviously, it would be this one. For the last couple of weeks I’ve thought it was a wind up that they were coming.’
After leaving, the prince and princess crouched down to speak to some young children and their mothers who had come out to greet them.
William spoke to Jade Cousin, 33, and her daughter Sophie, 5, about what activities she was doing and her swimming lessons.
Princess Catherine wore a coat designed by Chris Kerr with cloth woven by Johnstons of Elgin for HRH.
The design was seen as a nod to her commitment to champion and celebrate British textiles and design, a spokesman said.