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The Prince and Princess of Wales have tried their hand at curling while on their latest visit to Scotland.
The Royal couple were shown round Scotland’s National Curling Centre at the Peak in Stirling where an eager team of staff showed the prince and princess how the sport is played.
The couple also met Team GB and Paralympics GB players ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Italy next month.
Bruce Mouat, skip of the men’s curling team and one half of the mixed doubles, said: “It was wonderful, really nice that they came to wish us good luck for the next month we are about to embark on, both of them were lovely and willing to curl.”
He added: “They said they would be watching the games, which means a lot to us.”
Catherine and William also spoke to locals at the sports centre afterwards and told children about their curling experience.
Curling traces its roots back to the16th Century in Scotland and has become one of Team GB and Paralympics GB’s most successful winter sports, earning six Olympic medals and two Paralympic medals to date.
The National Curling Academy was opened in August 2017 in the run-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang to provide a dedicated curling facility for British Curling athletes.
It gives the athletes year-round access to high quality ice, which was not previously available in the UK.
