Princess Kate Wears a Turtleneck to Meet With Apple CEO Tim Cook

On Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook took a meeting that couldn’t be further away from his usual sleek digs in Cupertino. The tech titan traveled to Windsor Castle to see Prince William and Princess Kate, later sharing a photo of the summit to his social media accounts. 

The Court Circular listed the meeting, noting that Cook’s visit came under the aegis of the Earthshot Prize, which will hold its third annual awards ceremony in Singapore this November. The trio met in the castle’s white drawing room, near the corner where Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank took their official wedding portraits in 2018. One of Cook’s photographs shows two white Apple bags perched on a side table, implying that he might have come bearing gifts. The weather was fairly balmy in the town outside of London, but it still feels appropriate that Kate wore a turtleneck to see the executive who succeeded noted Issey Miyake fan Steve Jobs.

According to Cook’s post, the conversation was “wonderful and wide-ranging” and centered on the environment and mental health. Over the last decade, William and Kate have devoted their attention to raising awareness about both topics, and recently the prince announced an initiative to provide mental healthcare to the farmers who live on his estate, the Duchy of Cornwall. 

Their official residence is at London’s Kensington Palace, but William and Kate often take official meetings at Windsor Castle after moving their family to nearby four-bedroom Adelaide Cottage in August 2022. After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, there was speculation that the couple would eventually choose to inhabit the private apartments at Windsor Castle, where the late queen lived full-time for the last two years of her life due to the coronavirus pandemic. But in July, the Telegraph reported that they were happy to stay in the relatively small home nearby.

“It’s partly by design,” a source told the newspaper. “They want the children to grow up in a family home rather than a palace.”

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