Prince George 'absolutely loves' this unusual hobby - and he's following in his parents footsteps

Famous for their sporting abilities, Prince William and Kate Middleton have seemingly passed down their skills to their eldest son, Prince George.

The Prince and Princess of Wales reportedly thought one of their more adventurous hobbies would "freak out" George, but the young prince ended up loving it.

Prince William visited a community swimming pool in 2024 to celebrate its re-opening and he talked about the importance of having access to swimming pools, and this is where he revealed that Prince George "absolutely loves" scuba diving just like him and Kate.

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Scuba diving is just one of the many sports the Wales's partake in - and plenty of them involve splashing around.

William was known to be a keen swimmer and water polo player during his days at the University of St Andrews, and Kate Middleton shared her love for the extreme hobby of cold water swimming.

So George inheriting his parents' love for water sports is not a surprise - he's already been reported to have taken to tennis just like his mom, who even helped get him a lesson with former world number one, Roger Federer.

As reported by The Mirror, Prince William explained, "Catherine and I both adore swimming. George loves scuba diving. He was 10 years old, we took him under, thinking he’d freak out, but he absolutely loved it. It just introduced him to the world of water."

A love for the water is something of a tradition with the family. Both Kate and Prince William have passed their advanced scuba diving qualification, and Princess Diana was a celebrated diver during her school years.

At the community pool appearance, William also shared the poignant reason he wasn't able to catch any of the water sports at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The senior royal met with Olympic swimmers Adam Peaty and Tom Dean and Paralympic swimmers Maisie Summers-Newton and Louise Fiddes. Asked by Tom if he managed to go to Paris for the Olympic Games, Prince William reflected that Covid fears put things into perspective with Kate facing her cancer treatments back home.

"I was so keen to come but I have to say after reading someone’s interview about Covid, I decided, because my wife was obviously having chemo, that I didn’t want to risk bringing Covid home, so Adam very kindly reminded me that that was still a thing! But we watched the whole thing. We were glued to it every day," he responded.

This was an incredibly personal and heartfelt revelation for Prince William to make and it followed Kate's first major public engagement of 2024 following the news that she had "completed" cancer treatment.

In a sweet video filmed by Will Warr, the Princess shared a poignant message and many of the clips showed her spending precious family time outdoors with Prince George, Charlotte, Louis and Prince William.

"This time has above all reminded William and me to reflect and be grateful for the simple yet important things in life, which so many of us often take for granted. Of simply loving and being loved," she declared.