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Russell Myers & Zoe Forsey

Woman's brutal comment to Kate Middleton as she tries her hand at new skill

A bingo player wasn't overly impressed by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's attempt at picking the numbers, offering them some brutal feedback.

Prince William and Kate surprised residents at Shire Hall Care Home, in Cardiff, by stepping in the pull the numbers for their regular game - and even used the lingo.

They joined residents Margaret Stocks, Margaret Jones, Ray Donoghue and Joan Drew-Smith for the game, speaking via video call from their Norfolk home Anmer Hall, where they are in lockdown with children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

But despite their best efforts, Joan thought they could have improved their technique and offered some pretty tough feedback.

Speaking at the end of a video from the game, posted on the Kensington Palace Instagram page, Wills asked: "How did we do at bingo? Were we okay?"

Joan replied: "Yes, it was good. It wasn't as good as it should have been."

The whole room burst out laughing, and Kate and William, who appeared on a laptop that had been carried over to Joan, were also in hysterics at her comment.

Some of the lingo Kate and Wills tried out included "tickety-bo" for 62, and "One little duck, number two".

After hearing Joan call out “I won”, Kate declared her the winner with: “Well done!”

Shire Hall is part of the Hallmark Care Homes group, a family-run business which provides residential, nursing and dementia care to more than 1,000 residents across locations in England and South Wales.

It is currently home to 87 residents aged from 58 to 99.

In a separate call to five professionals from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust on Wednesday, William told how he is particularly concerned about the effects of lockdown on young people.

The Duke said: “I’m worried as to how the young people are going to cope long term because we’re all muddling through this period at the moment and helping each other.”

Consultant psychiatrist Frances Doherty, who runs an inpatient mental health unit for teenagers, replied: “What I think has been really helpful is a lot of work has been done to think about how young people can care for themselves, how parents can care for them, to help them to survive and to thrive even… through the pandemic.

“But I think it’s the other side of it that we’ll have all the challenges.”

Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales has backed a virtual book of remembrance for Covid-19 victims allowing families to express their “loss and sorrow” but celebrate “everything good” about their loved ones.

Charles said the outbreak had “brought tragedy and heartbreak” for “too many” but the Remember Me initiative, launched by St Paul’s Cathedral, is “here to help” keep alive memories of those who have died.

The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has passed 36,000, according to the latest Government data but the real number is higher.

Many died alone and the numbers of mourners at funerals are limited.

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