Prince William Jokes About His ‘Harry Potter’ Scar During Wales Visit After Being Asked If He Plays Golf

Prince William poked fun at himself when asked if he still plays golf.

The Prince of Wales traveled to Cardiff on Tuesday to explore the different uses of seaweeds, from food to other alternatives like fast food packaging. During the visit, he also caught up with Pierre Paslier of Notpla, who asked him if he still plays golf after showing the royal the company's golf tree made from the sea plant.

"He was looking at the prototype, and I asked him if he likes golfing," Paslier told People. "He injured himself famously as a kid and pointed to his head and said, 'No golf for me.' No golfing for him!"

Prince William previously called the injury his "Harry Potter" scar. Kate Middleton's husband said the scar sometimes "glows," making it more noticeable.

"I call it that because it glows sometimes and some people notice it -- other times they don't notice it at all," he said on BBC "s "Newsround" while talking to a 10-year-old cancer patient, Alice Marples, in 2009. "I got hit by a golf club when I was playing golf with a friend of mine. We were on a putting green, and the next thing you know, there was a seven iron -- and it came out of nowhere and hit me in the head."

Prince William said he was hospitalized due to the incident. However, he told Alice it was "very minor compared to how many times you've been into hospital." Alice, at the time, had just completed treatment for a tumor the previous week.

As for the seaweed industry, according to Paslier, the future king "has identified the potential and sees how huge the industry can be. He really wants to be the accelerator of the industry here in Wales and elsewhere."

Prince William also visited the ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, which offers food businesses technical, operational, and commercial support. It has tied up with Câr-Y-Môr -- which translates to "For the Love of the Sea" -- that provides kelp and seaweed to a company called High Tide, offering baked seaweed snack bars in Swansea, Wales.

In September, Middleton accompanied her husband when they toured a seaweed farm off the coast of West Wales. At Câr-Y-Môr, the royal couple was shown where the regenerative farm grows its produce. Owen Haines from Câr-Y-Môr said that the Princess of Wales liked the product more than Prince William based on their reactions when they were given sugar kelp soon after it was pulled from the sea.

"He pulled a funny face. Kate liked it," Haines recalled. "You can always tell when people try it, and her expression was like, 'That's an awful lot over than I thought it would be.' And his was like, 'Urgh.'"

However, Haines said the Duke of Cambridge was "genuinely interested" in what they do.

"I enjoy his company -- I'd have a pint with him," Haines told People. "He seems to empathize with trying to get things going in isolated coastal communities."

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