The Prince and Princess of Wales delivered dinner to a mountain rescue team after a day of action during their whirlwind visit to Wales. Kate and Prince William will visit the valleys of South Wales and Mid Wales over the next two days and have started their trip by meeting the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
The princess - dressed in a £600 The Mountain Equipment Kongur MRT women's jacket, £110 G-Star RAW gray trousers, £175 Berghaus camouflage cap and mountain top - and the prince showed off their abseiling skills during the trip. They then picked up a pizza from the Little Dragon Pizza Van in the car park during a visit to Dowlais Rugby Club in Merthyr Tydfil.
The club is a popular place for the rescue team to socialize and relax when not on duty. Changing into a £379 jacket from Alexa Chung's Barbour collection, William and Kate swapped their hiking gear for casual wear and hung out with the climbers.
William and Kate arrived in the wet and windy Bannau Brycheiniog area near Merthyr Tydfil in the South Wales Valleys in hiking gear and donned safety gear ready for the descent. They were guided through the process by a volunteer-run mountain rescue organization that answers calls 24 hours a day all year round.
The group covers the central area of ​​Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, which includes Pen y Fan, the highest point in southern Britain, and Ystradfellte Falls, and has been keeping the surrounding communities safe since 1963. They also participated in other training activities, such as medical support exercises and saw demonstrations of search dog rescue.
While listening to current and former team members about their experiences from the organization's six-year history. Kate took part in a mock casualty rescue and when she radioed for a rescue kit, it was hurriedly brought by William before they both helped put it together so they could evacuate the casualty dummy - who had suffered a leg injury.
The royal couple then helped the injured on a stretcher to safety. Kate said: 'Do you have everything on the list?' She laughed and added: 'It's like calling him for the weekly shopping!' The club, which is a feeder club to Cardiff Blues, is a popular place for climbers to socialize and relax when they are not on duty.
They also met the owners of the Little Dragon Pizza Van, which attracts people from all over the country to sample its food. At the club, they will have the opportunity to speak with individual volunteers, supporters of the organization and members of the local community. After spending some time there, they meet other members of the public outside. The royal couple will be staying at a local guest house tonight.