Prince William tries out past hobby that filled Kate Middleton with 'horror’

Prince William returned to his thrill-seeking roots. 

On Thursday, the Prince of Wales, 42, visited the Virtual Production Studio astatine Ulster University’s Belfast City Campus successful Northern Ireland and tested retired a stationary motorcycle that took him for a thrust done a virtual godforsaken landscape. 

"Any excuse to get connected a motorbike," William said, according to Hello!. "I consciousness similar idiosyncratic needs to instrumentality this for a existent spin.

PRINCE WILLIAM LETS LOOSE, CRUISING AROUND WINDSOR CASTLE IN UNCONVENTIONAL WAY

Prince William hopped connected a motorbike successful the state-of-the-art Virtual Production Studio, wherever students are processing skills successful virtual production, during a sojourn to Ulster University's Belfast City Campus.  (Liam McBurney/Pool/Getty Images)

"I emotion that exhaust," William added portion hopping disconnected the motorcycle and describing the acceptable arsenic "incredibly realistic."

William was an avid motorbike rider during his younger years earlier woman Kate Middleton expressed her concern. 

William was an avid motorbike rider during his younger years.  (Liam McBurney/Pool/Getty Images)

"It ever fills maine with fearfulness erstwhile helium goes retired connected it," she said successful 2015 during a sojourn to Dundee, Scotland, according to People. "I’m terrified. Hopefully, I’m going to support [son] George disconnected of it." 

A fewer years later, William admitted to giving up the hobby completely. 

"I’m a dada of three. I person to code it down," helium said during a sojourn to the Isle of Man successful 2018. "I miss the large trips. For me, biking was ever astir being with everybody else."

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Kate Middleton erstwhile said William's hobby of riding motorcycles filled her with "horror."  (Getty Images)

Though he's not technically whipping astir connected motorcycles anymore, William has recovered joyousness successful different ways. 

Earlier this summer, successful a viral video posted to TikTok, the Prince of Wales was spotted riding a two-wheel electrical scooter astir the Windsor Castle grounds. The aboriginal king wore a bluish sweater, achromatic pants and sunglasses arsenic helium cruised around. 

Last year, The Sun reported that Prince William purchased a 10 mph scooter arsenic an alternate mode to question from his family's location to Windsor Castle. 

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A root told the outlet, "It conscionable makes sense. He whizzes up to the castle erstwhile helium needs to spot the king. It’s a two- oregon three-mile circular travel from his household location astatine ­Adelaide Cottage to Windsor Castle, truthful it’s easier by scooter than car oregon walking."

William rode an electrical scooter connected the grounds of Windsor Castle earlier this year.  (Getty Images)

For years, Prince William has been a beardown advocator for biology initiatives.

In 2020, helium launched the Earthshot Prize, an "ambitious acceptable of challenges" aimed astatine helping to preserve the Earth successful the adjacent 10 years.

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"The Earth is astatine a tipping point," William states connected the Earthshot Prize's website. "We look a stark choice: either we proceed arsenic we are and irreparably harm our planet, oregon we retrieve our unsocial powerfulness arsenic humans and our continual quality to lead, innovate and problem-solve.

"People tin execute large things. The adjacent 10 years contiguous america with 1 of our top tests — a decennary of enactment to repair the Earth."