Duchess of Cambridge 'jokes that William should use alpaca hair as wig'

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Duchess of Cambridge 'jokes that William should use alpaca hair as wig'

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Kate cracked the jest at her husband's expense as the pair visited the Sydney Royal Easter Show on their third day in Australia

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The Duchess of Cambridge joked about husband William's bald patch today, indicating he could use some alpaca wool as a wig.

Kate cracked the joke at her husband's expense as the pair visited the Sydney Royal Easter Show on their third day in Australia.

As they toured large elaborate displays of produce, grouped by Australian regions, one exhibitor Lyn Crejan, 67, showed them a tuft of alpaca wool - which was a similar shade of brown to William's hair.

Kate quickly joked about her husband using it as a wig.

Ms Crejan, a farmer from the settlement of Glenn Innes in New South Wales said: "The Prince was interested in the alpaca and as I showed it to them the Princess said he should put it on his head.

"She said 'you need it more than me' and pointed to his head and he laughed."

During their visit Kate also revealed that baby George has become "obsessed" with wombats since receiving a present of a large cuddly wombat from Australia's Governor General two days ago.

The couple conducted an impromptu walkabout where Kate Swan, 21, gave the Duchess a book about wombats, which delighted Kate.

'She said: 'I will read this to George, he is obsessed with wombats at the moment. He is really into them', ' she said.

The Duchess also took a bracelet from Sarah Xabreyas, eight Sarah said: "She was lovely, everything I thought a princess to be and she actually put my bracelet on before she walked to the car."

Kate championed an Australian designer for the first time in the country, wearing a white dress by designer Zimmermann.

Before they left the couple visited the sheep arena where they were introduced to Fred the fine wool merino ram, who is something of a local celebrity.

Both gave him a stroke - Kate more gingerly than William - and laughed when Fred bowed to them by bending his front legs.

Fred's owner sheep farmer Jim Murray said: "He's very intelligent, sheep are highly trainable if they're treated right.

"I only found out they wanted him to do this a fortnight ago.

"The Duke and Duchess were very impressed with his size and stature and how soft his wool was."

Billed as an event that "brings the country to the city" the 14-day Sydney Royal Easter Show attracts more than 900,000 visitors every year, and has been a fixture in the calendar of farmers, animal lovers, keen gardeners and the general public since it was first held in 1823.

Royalty have been associated with the show since Queen Victoria gave permission in 1890 forthe event to use the prefix royal in its name.

The Prince of Wales visited in 1981 and ten years earlier William's father the Duke of Edinburghtoured the stands.

Featured in the show are prize winning livestock from beef cattle and merino sheep to goats and horses, while animals you would not expect to see in the farmyard, like lizards and alpacas, are also included.

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