Catherine heckled by woman in Northern Ireland during impromptu walkabout

The Princess of Wales was heckled by a member of the crowd during an impromptu walkabout in Northern Ireland.

Catherine took the incident in her stride, shaking the woman's hand and laughing before swiftly moving on.

The incident was captured on camera during her and Prince William's visit to the country on Thursday.

Watch the video above.

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It was their first to Northern Ireland since acquiring their new Prince and Princess of Wales titles after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Catherine was shaking hands with those in the crowd on Antrim Road in north Belfast, in what is known as a predominantly nationalist area of the capital, when she was confronted by the woman.

The princess was told: "Ireland belongs to the Irish."

"Nice to meet you but it would be better if it was when you were in your own country," she said.

The woman, who was filming the moment on her camera, wore an emerald green jacket.

Catherine laughed, smiled politely and then moved on to the next wellwisher.

There she received a much warmer reception from Laura-Ann and her baby son Barney – and his toy rabbit.

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Catherine saw the toy and said, "I recognise those... our kiddy's have quite a few of those".

She then affectionately nicknamed the toy "Bun Bun".

Laura-Anne shared her encounter with Catherine on her social media, commenting she would "need a lie down from all the excitement".

Catherine and William spent around 40 minutes meeting members of the public, having selfies and receiving bouquets and other gifts.

Earlier, the Prince and Princess of Wales had been visiting suicide prevention charity PIPS.

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They were in Northern Ireland for an unannounced visit taking in three different stops.

Later, William and Catherine went head to head in a cocktail making competition, with William taking the crown from his wife.

They were visiting Trademarket, an outdoor street food and retail market, where they were invited to learn how to make the cocktail called 'Up the Lagan in a Bubble'.

In Northern Ireland, the royal couple is known as the Baron and Baroness Carrickfergus – titles gifted by the late Queen on the morning of William and Catherine's wedding in 2011.