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Everyone says the same thing as Princess Kate completes gruelling trek

Express Published Jun 29, 2026 Reviewed Jun 30, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors
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Jacky Leung shared the post to his 5.5k followers.
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Jacky Leung, fellow hiker
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Fellow hiker Jacky Leung shared to his 5.5k followers that he had met Princess Catherine.
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Many royal fans have taken to social media to share their pride at Princess Catherine's latest accomplishment - completing the National Three Peaks Challenge this weekend. As the 44-year-old completed the intense challenge, she was spotted greeting and encouraging a young boy who had been wheeled to the tops of the top three mountains to raise funds for a charity.

The video, which was posted on social media and captured by Shammi Rana, attracted a lot of attention, with many royal fans saying the same thing about it. One fan commented: "...How lovely!"

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Another commented: "Thank you so much for sharing the video. She is simply an incredible human being."

A third added: "She's just lovely, I really admire her! x"

A fourth also added: "So good to see, thank you for posting [clapping-hands emoji] Catherine is the kindest, most wonderful woman in the whole world. My heart is full of admiration, such a good person and an example to us all."

Following her amazing accomplishment, fellow hiker Jacky Leung shared to his 5.5k followers that he had met the royal - and revealed exactly what she was like and the interaction they had.

He added: "Princess Catherine at the Ben! What an epic day at the Ben yesterday, with all the coincidences that happened, and finally had a f2f short conversation with Princess Catherine! [gold-crown emoji, shocked-face emoji and mind-blown emoji]. Firstly, paid attention to 2 cameramen walking uphill. One of them just set up a camera to shoot a very lean female hiker hiking up."

He then added: "I was speechless once I saw her and could not respond with any proper names to greet her. Just feeling so confused and so psyched at that split-second."

The hiker then followed up on what was said during their brief interaction, including his telling Catherine she was "so inspiring".

In response to the compliment, he revealed that Catherine modestly told him, "Thank you".

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