Royal Romance! Princess Kate and Prince William Glow at Campfire Evening
Prince William and Princess Kate enjoyed their most romantic outing in India yet – at a fireside harvest festival on Tuesday evening.
The couple enjoyed a colorful performance of dancing and drumming at a Bihu festival by the Diphlu River Lodge in the Kaziranga National Park, in Assam. The festival marks the end of the harvesting season in the month of Maagha.
Kate, in a green patterned Anna Sui dress – her third look of the day – sat with William around a sandy enclosure that had been made sticky by a downpour about half an hour earlier.
"They were so happy to see him," Ranjinee Bhukan of the British deputy high commission told PEOPLE. "They were really watching him. I'm sure they were remembering their little one" – 2-year-old Prince George, who is back home in England with his sister, nearly 1-year-old Princess Charlotte.
At the end of the performance, William and Kate sought out the boy, with William offering praise: "You were very energetic!"
The Rongali Bihu – or Festival of Happiness – is a spring festival marking the end of harvest and the beginning of the new year tomorrow.
The royals, looking relaxed around the fire, clearly enjoyed themselves.
"They are a lovely couple," said Bhukan. "I thought I would be overwhelmed and I might get tongue-tied. but when I saw them they were so friendly and so normal."
When they met the musicians afterward, William tried his hand at playing the gogonao. "Is there anything you can't play?" he asked Krishna Kanta Baruah. "Very unusual, brilliant."
The evening capped an emotional day during which William and Kate met vulnerable children and heard heart-wrenching stories faced by women and girls in the country.
After staying at the grand Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on the first leg of the trip and the residence of the British High Commissioner in Delhi, the couple are now staying in the park for two nights as they take a closer look at the area's conservation efforts.
The couple enjoyed a colorful performance of dancing and drumming at a Bihu festival by the Diphlu River Lodge in the Kaziranga National Park, in Assam. The festival marks the end of the harvesting season in the month of Maagha.
Kate, in a green patterned Anna Sui dress – her third look of the day – sat with William around a sandy enclosure that had been made sticky by a downpour about half an hour earlier.
"They were so happy to see him," Ranjinee Bhukan of the British deputy high commission told PEOPLE. "They were really watching him. I'm sure they were remembering their little one" – 2-year-old Prince George, who is back home in England with his sister, nearly 1-year-old Princess Charlotte.
At the end of the performance, William and Kate sought out the boy, with William offering praise: "You were very energetic!"
The Rongali Bihu – or Festival of Happiness – is a spring festival marking the end of harvest and the beginning of the new year tomorrow.
The royals, looking relaxed around the fire, clearly enjoyed themselves.
"They are a lovely couple," said Bhukan. "I thought I would be overwhelmed and I might get tongue-tied. but when I saw them they were so friendly and so normal."
When they met the musicians afterward, William tried his hand at playing the gogonao. "Is there anything you can't play?" he asked Krishna Kanta Baruah. "Very unusual, brilliant."
The evening capped an emotional day during which William and Kate met vulnerable children and heard heart-wrenching stories faced by women and girls in the country.
After staying at the grand Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai on the first leg of the trip and the residence of the British High Commissioner in Delhi, the couple are now staying in the park for two nights as they take a closer look at the area's conservation efforts.
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