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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.

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.