Prince William dropped by a school cafeteria for lunch in a helicopter last Jan. 13.
The royal guest, age 33, was piloting said vehicle during his East Anglian Air Ambulance mission and decided to take lunch in The John Henry Newman School located in Stevenage. He has started working for the air ambulance since March last year.
The prestigious pilot landed the aircraft on the campus' playing field. In the cafeteria, the prince fell in line with the students in order to get his meal and sat down to eat the vegetables, cauliflower cheese and roasted chicken he ordered.
His mission was to transport medics from the Lister Hospital located nearby.
According to the school's head teacher Clive Matthew, the location was a landing point of choice for most of the aircraft from the emergency medical service. People from the air ambulance makes a landing every two or three weeks in order to transport doctors and patients. To welcome the ambulance visitors, the school offer food and drinks.
'We brought him into the school and he lined up with the pupils and he got himself some lunch and sat down,' Mathew talks about what the Prince did while he was in the school cafeteria. 'He was working and the pupils were very respectful and some came and sat in the spaces available and chatted to him. He asked them about their Christmas holidays and how their studies were going - general small talk.'
The news of the royal celebrity spread fast in the campus and the students were proud to see the prince eat the same food and dine on the same table where they frequently dine. The cafeteria's chef, Stuart Copeland, found it pleasant to know that the royal guest partake of his cooking. The prince's meal which costs around $4 was paid for by the school.
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