Britain’s Prince William did work experience at Chatsworth House.
The 32-year-old royal is said to have spent a fortnight living and working at the stately home in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands of England, in October 2005, according to Christine Robinson’s new book ‘Chatsworth: The Housekeeper’s Tale’.
She wrote: "He spent a week working around the estate and made sausage rolls and mince pies.
"Then he spent a week at the house, dressed in overalls, drinking tea and eating fish and chips with the rest of the housemen and joiners."
Christine – who has spent over 40 years rising through the ranks to run the mansion – claims the Duke of Cambridge, who now has 13-month-old son Prince George with his wife Duchess Catherine, was not afraid to get his hands dirty.
She explained: "We were staging a ballet in the theatre, but discovered the stage was too short and had to be extended.
"He was carrying planks of wood through the shop dresses in workmen’s clothes."
Speaking about guest’s confusion as to whether or not it was the Prince carrying out manual labour, she added: "The look on visitors’ faces was priceless, most obviously thought to themselves, ‘That joiner is the double of Prince William’.
"When two old ladies came straight out and asked him he admitted he really was the heir to the throne.
"He was, of course, charming."
Prince William did work experience at Chatsworth House
