{"id":17958,"date":"2023-04-20T19:18:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T19:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/by-royal-appointment-prince\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T19:20:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T19:20:09","slug":"by-royal-appointment-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/by-royal-appointment-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"By royal appointment: Prince William takes booking for restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William helped out an Indian restaurant during a royal visit on Thursday by taking a phone reservation from an unsuspecting customer. <\/p>\n

The heir to the British throne and his wife Kate were visiting the family-run restaurant Indian Streatery during their trip to Birmingham in central England, when he took the call from someone seeking a booking for two people.<\/p>\n

After checking with the owners as to the restaurant’s location, he then had a discussion with the caller about when a table was free and whether they would have time to eat before catching their train.<\/p>\n

“What name is it under?” the prince said as he concluded the conversation, without revealing his own name to the caller. “See you at quarter past two.”<\/p>\n

William’s office later said on Twitter: “Hope we told this customer to come to the right place…!” <\/p>\n

As well as taking the booking, the royals also helped out preparing dishes in the restaurant’s kitchen before continuing their visit in the city with a game of darts at an underground bar.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Michael Holden, Editing by Kylie MacLellan)<\/p>\n

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