Prince William gives biggest hint yet Princess Kate's roped him into 'crazy' hobby
The Prince opened up in a recent edition of Country Life magazine, which he guest edited and featured a drawing of a Kingfisher by Prince George
Prince William has given the strongest hint yet Princess Kate has roped him into her “crazy” hobby". While both William and Kate are strong swimmers, it’s the Princess’ predilection for wild swimming that William called “crazy”.
Catherine has been a fan of swimming in open bodies of water for years, telling a podcast in 2023 she loves “swimming wherever I can”. She added: “Cold swimming - the colder, the better. I absolutely love it."
However, her obsession with an ice-cold dip “got to the point where William's [saying] 'you're crazy' and it's dark and it's raining”, she added.
But in a new edition of Country Life magazine, guest edited by William and featuring a drawing of a Kingfisher by George, he named swimming trunks as something one of his favourite things.
He added he’s “always tempted” to dive into a cold river — suggesting she has won him round to the idea. He wrote: "I'd love us to have rivers that are clean enough for all of us to swim in. There's something about the sound of running water that I find impossible to resist.
“If I come across a beautiful stretch of river on a walk, I'm always tempted to jump in for a quick dip in the cold water, so it pays to be prepared."
William is a strong swimmer, reports Woman and Home magazine, playing water polo while at Eton and St Andrews University . It appears the aquatic habit runs in the family, as William revealed in 2024 his eldest son Prince George “loves scuba diving”.
In a conversation with British Olympic swimmer Tom Dean, he said: "Catherine and I both adore swimming. George loves scuba diving. He was 10 years old, we took him under, thinking he’d freak out, but he absolutely loved it. It’s just introduced him to the world of water."
