Prince William and Kate Middleton have put on a loved-up display as they laughed and giggled their way through a royal engagement.
The royal pair were introduced to Colombia-born contemporary artist Dairo Vargas as he painted a piece titled “Someone to Turn To,” which was inspired by the inaugural Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit on Tuesday.
The artist offered the couple the chance to join in, William immediately pushed Kate forward saying, “My wife, she’s the arty one!”
The Duchess of Cambridge, who studied art history at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, took the paint brush.
“Where can you hide it?” the 36-year-old royal joked.
Vargas pointed to an area on one of the figure’s shoulders, and after a small stroke Kate turned to the artist with a smile, “Fine?”
“It’s almost ruined the picture,” William joked, before he was encouraged to take his turn.
“No, this is probably how you ruin a picture,” he said, approaching the painting cautiously.
When William asked where to add his brushstroke, Kate encouraged, “You are allowed to go anywhere.” He chose to add some paint near the bottom.
“This is a great, great compliment,” Kate told the artist. “It’s great to have some creative reason in which the same [mental health] conversations are going on.”
The royal couple, whose Heads Together initiative alongside Prince Harry has helped mainstream mental health discussions, were attending the first Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit at County Hall in London together.
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