Prince William Reveals Kate Middleton’s Surprising Hobby — Plus See More Fascinating Royal Facts!

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Updated: May 17, 2017 10:19 am·

By Julia Birkinbine

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Kate Middleton is just like us!

While recently presenting illustrator Johanna Basford with Queen Elizabeth‘s OBE honor at Buckingham Palace, Prince William revealed his wife’s surprising hobby is… coloring!

Kate in April 2014.

“[He] actually said that [Kate] likes to color in [my book], Secret Garden, which was really sweet,” Basford said of her interaction with William, according to People.

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It’s no surprise Kate — who is mom to Prince George, 3, and Princess Charlotte, 1 — enjoys coloring, as she has a degree in art history from the University of St Andrews and supports art therapy for children.

Click through the gallery below to see more fascinating royal facts!

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Queen Elizabeth's nickname is Lilibet

The royal went by the name as a child because she couldn't pronounce Elizabeth when she was a baby.

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The Royal Family's last name is Mountbatten-Windsor

Though the family doesn't often use a surname, any descendant of Queen Elizabeth II "other than those with the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince/Princess, or female descendants who marry" has the last name Mountbatten-Windsor.

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Queen Elizabeth married her third cousin

She and her husband, Prince Philip, share the same great-great-grandparents, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Queen Elizabeth celebrates her birthday twice!

Her birthday is fêted on both April 21 — the day of her 1926 birth — and an "official birthday," which usually takes place in either May or June and is paired with the annual Trooping the Colour ceremony.

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Queen Elizabeth doesn't need a driver's license

She isn't legally required to own a driver's license or a passport!

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Prince Charles met Princess Diana when she was 16-years-old

The future King was dating Diana's older sister Lady Sarah when the two met in the late 1970s.

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Prince Harry's real name is Henry

His full name is Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor — Harry is just a nickname!

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The Middleton Family used to live in Jordan

Kate's family moved to the middle eastern country for two years in the mid-1980s for her father's work.

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Kate Middleton has a degree in art history

She is the UK's first royal bride to have a university degree! Kate graduated from Scotland's University of St. Andrews — where she first met her future husband, Prince William — in 2005.

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Prince William has a Scottish Master of Arts degree

William enrolled at St. Andrew's under the name William Wales in 2001. His Scottish Master of Arts degree with upper second-class honors in geography is the highest degree ever obtained by an heir to the British throne!

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Prince William proposed to Kate Middleton in Africa

William carried around his late mother's 18-carat ring in his rucksack before popping the question to Kate during a 10-day trip to Kenya in October 2010.

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