While there, the princess visited Hiut Denim, a family-owned jeans manufacturer based in Cardigan. Outside the factory, several people had gathered to see her with the future Queen, greeting all of them before her departure.
Catherine stopped to speak with one man, who asked her how Prince George was, and revealed her plans for the evening.
She said: “He’s doing very well thank you.
“They are at school today and I am going to go back and see them this evening.”
The town of Cardigan has been home to jeans production since the 1960s, where its first jeans factory employed more than 400 people making 35,000 pairs a week.
That factory closed in 2002 when production moved to Morocco, but Hiut brought those manufacturing skills back when the company was founded in 2011.
During a tour of the factory, Catherine was seen interacting with Mr von Loeper’s English cocker spaniel Barney – the same breed as the Waleses’ dog Orla.
The Princess went on to the factory floor where she learnt about the history of the company and had the opportunity to stitch on a « Made in Wales » label to a pair of £245 organic Hack jeans, which were to be given to her as a present for the Prince of Wales.
As a thank you for the visit, Catherine was presented with a pair of Mari jeans for herself and the Hack denims for William.
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