{"id":1645,"date":"2014-04-13T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T10:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2014-04-13T10:13:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-13T10:13:45","slug":"prince-george-gets-his-first-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/prince-george-gets-his-first-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince George gets his first bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Prince<\/a>The Duchess of Cambridge carried out her first solo engagement Saturday on her New Zealand tour for a fact-finding visit to a children\u2019s hospice where she told the curious youngsters that even royals have to eat all their vegetables.
\nCatherine was welcomed by more than 40 children and their families at the Rainbow Place hospice in the North Island city of Hamilton.
\nThe duchess has strong ties with children\u2019s hospices in Britain and was said to be using the New Zealand visit as a fact-finding study on palliative care.
\n\u201cI\u2019m sure you\u2019re all going through difficult times and so it\u2019s really good to have a place like this, to be able to talk about your feelings and to meet other people who are going through the same thing.
\n\u201cThere should be more places like this,\u201d she told the children before taking questions which included youngster Lee Thomson asking if royalty also had to eat all their vegetables.
\n\u201cYes I do. I have to eat all my vegetables and so does George,\u201d she replied.
\nKate\u2019s probably more used to canap\u00e9s and fine dining, but she was treated to jellied eyeballs, huhu grubs, flower pots of sweet chocolate mud and crispy chicken lolly pops.
\nShe later joined William in opening a new velodrome in the nearby town of Cambridge where about 15,000 people lined the streets to greet the couple despite pouring rain.
\nAfter meeting members of New Zealand\u2019s sporting elite including world and Olympic champions in cycling, rowing and canoeing, the couple were presented with a small bike and New Zealand team lycras for George.
\nAvanti founder John Struthers presented the bike to the royal couple, and quipped: \u201cI hope Air New Zealand doesn\u2019t charge extra baggage\u201d.
\nStruthers said the prince will have to wait until he\u2019s two-years-old to give the bespoke balance bike a spin. The crowd let out an audible sigh when Kate unwrapped a second present \u2014 a black and white lycra Avanti cycling shirt.<\/p>\n

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