Princess Kate was said to have given a surprising answer when a curious child questioned who she was during an engagement in Scotland.

The Prince and Princess of Wales spoke with children at Burghead Primary School in Scotland during a royal visit.

Kate, who goes by the Duchess of Rothesay when on Scottish soil, was seen giving a child a surprising answer when asked the question: “Who are you?”

“I really like your school,” Kate said before one of the attendees asked her who she was in a video posted to social media platform X.

“Who am I? I’m married to William,” she said as she pointed to her left, where presumably, William was off-screen. “I know! It was very nice to meet all of you.”

Kate has been known to let her husband take the spotlight in the past. Royal biographer Penny Junor previously told People “she’s never trying to outshine him in any way”.

She added: “I think that Kate is a bit like Prince Philip supporting the queen. She doesn’t outshine William, but still has a lot to say herself.”

An additional source added that Kate “is the sort of woman who will take on whatever she needs to. If she needs to step up to the plate, she does it — and she always has. She and William are a formidable team.”

But it seems to go both ways, with William letting Kate take the spotlight when they are at events where she is the patron.

During the visit to Scotland, Kate was also spotted having a sweet conversation with another pupil at the school.

The mother-of-three crouched down to four-year-old Noa Redgrave and while holding her hand asked if she could give her “lessons” on how to do plaits.

She said: “Do you think I can put plaits on my hair? Or would I need longer hair? I will try – next time I will try.”