Prince George is one smart toddler!

During an outing to fête the 105th birthday of London’s Goring Hotel, Kate Middleton, 33, told luxury travel advisor Claudia Gordon an adorable story about her 20-month-old son looking for Prince William in the palace’s china cabinet after learning his dad was visiting China.

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George in December 2014.

“I asked her if Prince George was excited about the new prince or princess that was coming and she said yes and that he is a toddler and is talking and walking,” Gordon explained to Florida’s ‘News-Press‘ of her encounter with the Duchess of Cambridge last month.

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“Then she told me that his daddy, Prince William, was visiting China,” she continued. “After hearing this, [George] went to the china cabinet, opened it and proclaimed ‘Daddy is not here.'”

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William, Kate and George in April 2014.

William, 32, traveled to the East Asian country in early March to promote political, trade and cultural links between England and China.

“She said they would work on his geography,” Gordon said of Kate’s reaction to her son’s confusion.

Kate and William will welcome their second child later this month.