Prince William's shows off very personal belonging the public never sees in rare snap

Prince William and Kate Middleton are known to share behind-the-scenes snaps from their royal engagements on social media and their latest reveal shows a rare snap of the prince with a very personal belonging.

Despite being royalty, the Prince of Wales, 41, is very much like your everyday person in more ways than people think.

The snap shows him travelling to Cardiff on the train with his personalised folder of notes and his iPhone sitting on the tray table in front of him.

The caption read: "En route to Cardiff to celebrate seaweed innovation!", with the Welsh translation underneath it, HELLO! reports.

The Royal Family are very rarely pictured with their personal phones on public engagements but have been spotted taking pictures on their devices during their free time or at major events like the London 2012 Olympics.

The rules around royals not being allowed to take selfies with members of the public also seem to have been relaxed in recent times with William and Kate often posing for snaps with fans during walkabouts.

However, William has previously spoken out about the importance of monitoring your screen time and has urged people to spend less time on their mobile phones.

During a visit to BAFTA's London Headquarters in 2022, the dad-of-three spoke to youngsters about the prospect of building careers in gaming, film and television.

Speaking of his own three kids, George, Charlotte and Louis, he said: "At the moment it's trying to regulate the gaming... monitoring screen time. Got to be careful of that.

"They're fascinated by it. George particularly. He's more interested in it. The other two are a bit too small at the moment but they love the films. I adore film and gaming as well."

Back in March, he visited a youth centre in Shepherd's Bush, west London, where he spoke to the younger generation about how much time they spend online.

One girl admitted she spends around 15 hours on her phone per day as William replied: "That's quite a lot - I bet you feel better coming here."

He later said: "Grown-ups are guilty of it too. We['ve] got to be better on our phones too... We spend ages on our phones."

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