Prince George played a sheep in his first school nativity, Prince William reveals

Just can't wait to be king: Prince George
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Chloe Chaplain6 December 2017

Prince George starred in his school nativity play as a sheep, Prince William has revealed.

The future king was chosen to play the animal in his Christmas play at St Thomas’ Battersea, where he started in September.

His father, the Duke of Cambridge, revealed on a trip to visit a children’s focus group that he had gone to watch the show and that it was “funny”.

William and his wife Kate spoke to schoolchildren on a visit to BBC's Bridge House in Media City, Salford, on Wednesday.

Nervous: The prince and his father on his first day of school (Chris Jackson/Kensington Palace)
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Asking the children about their plans for Christmas, William said: "I went to my boy's nativity play. It was funny."

He added: "He was a sheep."

Prince George started at the south London private school three months ago and was pictured nervously being escorted in by his father.

But just a matter of weeks later, whilst on a visit to Milton Keynes, Prince William revealed that the four-year-old prince was already fed up of education.

"I just dropped George off and he didn't want to go,” he told a fellow parent.

William and Kate, who dressed in festive red for the trip, have a second child Princess Charlotte, two, and are expecting their third in spring.

William: The Duke chatted to young people at the Stepping Out session
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The couple had been attending a "stepping out" session on Wednesday - a focus group for children to give feedback on new programmes to children's TV producers and editorial staff.

They then joined children from Friars Primary School in Salford who had watched a film created by 14-year-old Josh Gale for Newsround about developing obsessive compulsive disorder.

Prince George arrives for his first day of school at Thomas's school

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In a question and answer session with the children, Josh explained he had told his father about his mental health problems.

He said: "It was metaphorically and physically like a weight off my shoulders. I was wanting to tell someone but I thought no-one would understand."

William told the children: "You're much better than the adults at questions. Very good questions."

Kate: The couple chatted to young people at the group in Manchester
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The couple joined children for group discussions where they both encouraged the youngsters to talk about mental health.

Kate said: "People are so worried about what they say, they aren't saying anything at all, and what we've found from speaking to people is it's so good to have conversations."

William said: "Mental health used to be this scary word that people didn't like talking about and it's slowly getting better now."

Peppa Pig: The Duchess of Cambridge meets well-wishers and TV stars at the Children's Global Media Summit
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The Duke and Duchess were greeted by children's characters including Danger Mouse, Peppa Pig, Elmo from Sesame Street and Postman Pat as they arrived at the Children's Global Media Summit in the Manchester Central Convention Complex.

Alex Okosi, executive vice president and managing director of Viacom Africa, said he spoke to the Duke about the work the company was doing to help young people without access to education.

He said: "He understood the importance of education and trying to bridge that gap between those with unlimited access and those who will never get it."

He added: "He was a really cool guy."

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