Kate Middleton’s favourite hobby that is ‘less than satisfying’ for King Charles
The Princess of Wales is known for having plenty of hobbies – most of them sporting related – that she fits in alongside her royal duties.
From Kate’s divisive hobby of cold water swimming she does in the dark to her love of tennis, the senior royal loves to keep active and has shown her skillset on many occasions at engagements too.
However, Kate’s favourite hobby is arguably photography and she’s regularly behind the camera capturing special snaps released to mark her children’s birthdays.
The Princess of Wales also took the cover photo of Queen Camilla for her guest-edited issue of Country Life in 2022 and won Cover of the Year at the PPA Awards.
But whilst she loves taking pictures, it seems her father-in-law King Charles isn’t a fan of photography at all – to the point that he once called it “less than satisfying”.
According to the Prince’s Foundation, when a selection of His Majesty’s watercolour artwork went on display in January 2022, King Charles candidly revealed his opinion of photography in a panel display.
“I took up painting entirely because I found photography less than satisfying,” the monarch shared. “Quite simply, I experienced an overwhelming urge to express what I saw through the medium of watercolour and to convey that almost ‘inner’ sense of texture which is impossible to achieve via photography.”
Instead of pursuing photography as a hobby, King Charles instead turned to painting to create the final result he’d been eager to “express”.
He continued, “I very quickly discovered how incredibly difficult it is to paint well in such a spontaneous medium, and the feeling of frustration at not being able to achieve on paper the image that your eye has presented you with is intense!”
