The Royals may have bid goodbye to Pakistan for now but we’re not getting over their visit anytime soon. And even more, after Duchess Kate told CNN that her trip to the country has “been fantastic.”
In an exclusive news interview, apparently her first-ever ever since she became a royal, Kate Middleton said: “It’s been fantastic, we’ve seen a lot of Pakistan, a huge variety, it’s amazing seeing some of the geography but then to see some of the community activities like this [SOS Village] has been really special.”
Kate was speaking CNN’s Max Foster after visiting an SOS children’s village in Lahore during the royal tour on Thursday.
The Duchess, who set up an Early Years initiative last year, said: “I think William and I really wanted to come and see a SOS children’s village like this. There are so many vulnerable women here but they’ve really used their positivity and the support that the village here provides them really to support and protect the next generation, the children in their care and give them the best possible start to their future lives.”
At the SOS village, a charitable organisation that provides orphaned children with a home and family structure, Kate and William interacted with the children and even celebrated the birthdays of three children.
Kate also delivered the first speech of her tour there and impressed the gathered crowd by delivering the opening remarks of her speech in Urdu.
The Duke and Duchess were so moved by the visit that they reportedly made a second trip to the village the next day after stormy weather caused a change in their plans and forced them to spend the night in Lahore.
