Duchess of Cambridge pours a pint and 'takes a selfie' with cheeky builder on tour of Cornwall

Fiona Simpson2 September 2016

The Duchess of Cambridge won the hearts of locals as she poured a pint and was snapped in a cheeky builder's selfie during a tour of Cornwall.

The Duchess and her husband also discussed careers with a group of youngsters during the visit.

The Duke of Cambridge said it took him "an awfully long time" to figure out what he wanted to be in life.

Prince William told a group of young people at a youth centre that it is "totally cool" for them to be unsure about what they want, while the Duchess admitted that she found it "difficult" herself.

Cheeky chappies: A group of builders reduced the couple to laughter as they snapped selfies
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Kate asked the group: "Do any of you know what you would love to be? Do you have some aspirations?"

William cut in: "It is totally cool not to have that, by the way. It took me an awfully long time to work out what I wanted to be."

The Duchess added: "It is so difficult because there's so much out there. It is hard, isn't it, to pinpoint one thing?

“William is right. I found it difficult as well."

The Duke was also given a kiss and a hug by a tactile admirer when he arrived in the county - and then joked with the Duchess to watch out for the well-wisher.

Bar work: The Duchess of Cambridge pulled a pint of cider on tour of Cambridge
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William was greeted with open arms by Linda Moore, who had rushed to Truro town centre when she heard that he and Kate were touring the county.

Mrs Moore, 62, a retired teaching assistant from Truro, said she told the Duke he looked like his mother, and he replied: "My mum was better looking."

She added: "I said 'Can I give you a kiss?' and he said 'You can give me peck on the cheek,' and when Kate came over he said about me 'Watch that woman."'

Kate, who wore a baby pink outfit by Lela Rose with trademark wedges, beamed at her fans.

William was casually smart in a light-blue checked jacket, shirt, worn without a tie, and blue trousers.

The royal pair also met a group of cheeky builders, one of whom snapped a selfie with Kate.

As the couple were given a tour of the Nansledan development in Newquay where 4,000 homes are being built over the next 40 years, Sam Wayne sprang into action.

All smiles: Kate laughed as she handed the pint to William
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He got into position just as William and Kate passed and had soon posted his efforts on his Facebook page.

Mr Wayne, who previously managed to get a selfie with the Prince of Wales, wrote on the social media site: "He's done it again. Prince William and Kate Middleton. Not as close as my Prince Charles, but still a royal selfie."

As the royal couple walked past the workman, who trained in scaffolding, and his other colleagues who all wore hard hats and florescent bibs, the Duke joked: "That's got to be a bad selfie."

The Duchess later showed-off her skills as she poured a pint of cider during a visit to Healey’s Cornish Cyder Farm in Penhallow.

She was pictured laughing as she handed over the drink to her husband.

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