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Royal Family are some of the most recognisable people in the world - but they still sometimes use code names when they’re out in public for security purposes.Most people know that Her Majesty the Queen’s official call-sign is “London Bridge,” which would be used in official communications around the monarchs death.But for day-to-day business, Royal staff and security officers call Her Majesty “Sharon”.It’s meant as a simple ruse to prevent phone and radio hackers working out when they’ve found the right signal.When they’re out and about, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sometimes use fake names. Partly for security and partly, no doubt, for fun.Back in 2010, when William was a search and rescue pilot based at an RAF airfield in Wales, Kate accidentally gave one of her “secret” names away, reports the Mirror.While buying a wetsuit at a water sports store, she realised she didn’t have her purse with her.

Kate Middleton is said to have revealed a secret name she goes by after speaking to a shopkeeper.The Princess of Wales spent time with William, Prince of Wales in a farmhouse near the seaside town of Rhosneigr shortly after their marriage in 2011, where William was working as a search and rescue pilot at the time.The couple spent time in the town and were often seen shopping by locals as they went around town. It was during a shopping trip that Kate used the name, after she reportedly forgot her purse after trying to hire a wetsuit.The shopkeeper at the watersports store, Dave Buckland, didn’t know who Kate was at the time and so asked if he could take a name so she could pick up the wetsuit later on. The name she gave him was ‘Mrs Cambridge’ - in reference to her other title the Duchess of Cambridge.

Kate Middleton once let a secret code name slip when she wasn't recognised in a shop, according to her friend.Like most royals, the Duchess of Cambridge is referred to by private and royal security staff under a pseudonym as a way of protecting her safety and identity.This practice is intended to prevent phone and radio hackers working out when they’ve found the right signal.But when Kate decided to drop in to buy a wetsuit at a water sports shop back in 2010, she inadvertently gave one of her monikers away after realising she had forgotten her purse.The store owner, Dave Buckland, somehow didn’t recognise the world-famous royal and asked her for her name so he could hold the item for her.She replied simply: “Mrs Cambridge”, which is understood to be one of her easier-to-guess aliases.A friend later told the Mail on Sunday: “He was looking straight at her and actually commented that it was quite an unusual surname.“He hadn’t a clue who she was. She just smiled and said she’d be back.

The Cambridge family have a set of 'code names' they use for one another, with Kate Middleton and Prince George both previously giving theirs away accidentally. Prince William, 39, and Kate, 40, are believed to both have fake names that they use will out and about, and it appears they've also given Prince George, eight, Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three, their own fake aliases too. The Duchess of Cambridge once gave away one of her secret names during a shopping trip in Wales, when she and Prince William were residing in the country after getting married.

Kate Middleton once gave away one of her secret names to an unbeknown shopkeeper in Wales. The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, used to live in North Wales with husband Prince William soon after their said their ‘I dos’ in 2011. Royal couple Kate and William rented a farmhouse near the seaside resort of Rhosneigr in Anglesey as, at the time, William, 39, was based as a search and rescue pilot at nearby RAF Valley.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to visit Wales today to mark St David's Day - and it's a place which holds lots of special memories for the couple.