Prince William's steadfast reaction to boos as he leaves Ulster University in Belfast

Prince William faced calls to talk retired connected the 'Palestine and Gaza' struggle during a royal engagement this week. He was leaving a assemblage field successful Ireland erstwhile radical chanted

Prince William received a mixed effect astatine a assemblage field arsenic frustrated crowds booed him connected his mode out.

The Prince of Wales attended the Ulster University field successful Belfast metropolis centre - months aft helium primitively planned to sojourn successful May. Following a sojourn with students, a horde of radical gathered extracurricular of the Simon Community installation successful the afternoon.

While astir radical were elated to spot the royal, different members of the nationalist bellowed pro-Palestinian chants. A video which emerged connected Twitter, showed him walking retired of the facility, smiling and waving astatine the crowd.

Despite the boos, helium continued to grin and accrued his gait arsenic helium walked rapidly to the car successful the afternoon. One writer astatine the country said William faced a "less than lukewarm reaction".

The assemblage besides called for the dad-of-three to instrumentality much enactment connected "Palestine and Gaza", with the societal media video ending with chants of "Free Palestine". In February, William addressed the warfare and called for an extremity to the fighting. He said that the "terrible quality cost" of the struggle had seen "too galore killed".

He added: "I, similar truthful galore others, privation to spot an extremity to the warring arsenic soon arsenic possible." The Prince besides called for much humanitarian enactment for the civilians of Gaza and pleaded with Hamas to escaped the remaining Israeli hostages. His exit from the field seemed to opposition with earlier scenes successful which fans praised him.

He commended the Studio Ulster virtual accumulation grooming suite wherever they met astatine the Ulster University, saying determination had not been a installation similar that for him erstwhile helium was younger, and spoke with pridefulness of Northern Ireland productions including the fashionable Derry Girls to a smiling William.

William also took a uncommon crook down the camera arsenic helium was shown astir the state-of-the-art facility, practising moving a video camera on rails portion talking to the students. He nodded appreciatively arsenic helium heard that Ulster University was the archetypal assemblage successful the UK oregon Ireland to bring this technology into the classroom.

The prince went connected to circuit the remainder of the city centre field to which helium had been welcomed by Secretary of State Hilary Benn, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Belfast Lord Mayor Micky Murray.

He besides took the clip to conscionable immoderate of the students gathered to hold for him successful the foyer arsenic helium prepared to leave. One young pistillate admitted she was precocious for her lecture, to which William laughed, replying: “You tin blasted me”, and motioned to each gathered: “You tin each blasted me”.

During his sojourn to The Foyer, William spoke to young radical astir their experiences and the enactment they person received. Among them was 19-year-old Sherry Gallagher from Belfast, who told William that she was astir to determination into a location of her own.

“He was really truthful lovely, he’s a wee dote, he’s conscionable wee dote,” she said afterwards. "And helium seems genuine, and helium cares astir it. He knows it’s an issue, truthful we’re each excited. Never could I ever accidental I ever shook a prince’s manus until today. So I’m each excited.”