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Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton greeted mourners in Sandringham on Thursday where he made a lighthearted joke about his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth.
The queen, who died on Sept. 8 at the age of 96, had a special relationship with the cartoon character Paddington Bear and was known for her affection for corgis during her 70 years on the British throne.
William, 40, noticed a well-wisher named Gemma Schultz in front of the Norfolk, England, estate, whose baby was sporting a shirt with the bear on it.
The Prince of Wales then joked about the animal’s rise in popularity.
He noted how Paddington has “knocked the corgi off the top spot” and her late Majesty’s dogs “won’t take that very well.”
Schultz recalled her brief meeting with the Duke of Cambridge with the BBC, saying: “We spoke to William and we spoke to Kate, they both said about [my son’s] little outfits, how nice they were.
