Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, makes people "feel very relaxed".
The 35-year-old royal, who is married to Prince William, met with Royal Air Force (RAF) cadets – who are in the first months of their training – during a personal development lesson on Tuesday (14.02.17), and has been branded as a "hot shot" who made the cadets "feel at ease."
Dawn McCafferty, Commandant of the RAF Air Cadets, told People magazine: "She’s a bit of a hot shot, I can let you know now! She beat the cadets.
"When she joined in the jumping in and out of the ring she was game for a laugh. I sense she has one of those personalities that people feel very relaxed with.
"Even though they’re quite young and possibly under confident, she got them all talking and smiling. That’s a real talent and makes everyone feel at ease."
And Dawn is hoping that Duchess Catherine’s involvement with the air cadets will "raise [their] profile" and get them more volunteers.
She continued: "We call ourselves the world’s best-known secret, but it helped us raise our profile.
"Hopefully it will help us get more volunteers. The very fact that she values the development of young people is a very powerful message back to my volunteers that it’s worthwhile and that she cares about it."
The Duchess – who took over as Honorary Air Commandant of the Air Cadets in December 2015, when 95-year-old Prince Philip stepped down from the role – also took part in a flight simulation exercise, and Dawn would love to have the royal back to try her hand at actually piloting a plane.
She said: "[Catherine] said that because William had done so much, she’d like to have the chance to have a flight. Maybe our next engagement with her will be something around flying if we can. She didn’t crash the simulator and hit the target when she was shooting!"
Duchess Catherine makes people ‘feel very relaxed’
