It was typical of the kind of engagement Prince William has carried out hundreds of times in his years as a working royal.
During his visit to a food redistribution charity, he showed a keen interest in the work the organisation does, chatted with volunteers and joked about his culinary skills – or lack of them – as he sliced up celery.
But there was one brief moment during this – his first engagement since his wife, the Princess of Wales, announced she’s undergoing treatment for cancer – when the emotion of the last