Pudding-throwing
prince stuns crowd
The Prince
threw the muslin-wrapped pudding across the tent.
A playful Prince
of Wales stunned onlookers when he threw a steamed
pudding during an official engagement in Devon
on Thursday.
The Prince was
being shown the round, muslin-wrapped orange and
Cointreau flavoured confection at a meeting of
farmers and local food producers near Kingsbridge.
Suddenly he said:
"Where are the young farmers - I have found
a new sport, pudding hurling."
And then the Prince
tossed the pudding across the tent.
"It was a
bit mad, wasn't it" George
Hollywood
After the pudding
was caught by one of the young farmers, the Prince
retrieved it and said: "I'd better put it
back."
George Hollywood,
18, who had been showing the Prince the range
of puddings he makes in nearby Ottery St Mary
- set up with the help of the Prince's Trust -
said: "When the Prince picked up the pudding
he said it would make a good shot put game. "
"It was a bit
mad,wasn't it?" said Mr Hollywood, adding
that he was giving the Prince a box of the puddings.
The Prince's pudding-throwing
episode happened shortly after he sampled two
locally brewed beers.
First he took a
sip of 4.3% Otter Bright, and then the 5.8% Otter
Head.
Patrick McCaig,
from Otter Brewery at Luppitt, gave the Prince
a case of their beers as a 21st birthday present
for Prince William.
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