The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are notoriously competitive with one another. Last month, they went head to head for a game of football with school children in Northern Ireland. Not long ago, the Duchess also challenged the heir to the throne to a hockey shootout.

However, according to 2012 documentary “Kate and William: The First Year”, there was a particular occasion when things got a little bit tense between the two royals.

Soon after they got married in a lavish ceremony at Westminster Abbey in 2011, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge embarked on an eight-day tour of Canada.

When visiting Prince Edward Island on the fifth day of their tour, the couple took part in a competitive boat race on Dalvaey Lake.

Royal photographer Arthur Edwards recalled: “I was walking down to the pontoon where they were getting in the dragon boat race and I suddenly hear ‘Arthur, Arthur’ and there she [Kate] was.

“I said ’William said he is gonna win’ and she said ‘in his dreams!’”

Royal correspondent Victoria Arbiter noted: “Both William and Catherine are very competitive so I think, for both of them, it was game on.”

In the end, Kate suffered a humiliating defeat and after they got back to the shore, she pretended to push her victorious husband into the lake.

Body language expert Elizabeth Kunkhe commented: “What we saw with Catherine and William at the dragon boat race were two young people who really get a kick out of each other.

“The fact that there is a passion there, there is a chemistry there, is very clear.

“They smile at each other, they flirt with each other.

“It’s really cute to watch and they are very sexy.”

Kate’s disappointment might have come due to her being a very competitive sportswoman.

During her school and university days, she was a member of a number of teams and after the Duchess broke up with Prince William for a few months in 2007, she signed up for a charity challenge with an all-female dragon boat racing crew called the Sisterhood.

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