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At the water facility, which creates rapids around the shell of a building, the couple watched staff recover a mock casualty, before having a go at throwing lines to volunteers who jumped into the fast-moving water.<\/p>\n
The Prince went first but his line just missed, as did one thrown by his wife a few minutes later.<\/p>\n
Instructor Pete Sloane was loath to criticise their efforts. \u201cThe water was moving at 24 knots, very fast,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to hit a moving target, but another go and they would have had it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The couple then visited family-run Mallon Farm in Co Tyrone, where the Princess tried her hand at an ancient technique used to break bunches of flax to soften it before being turned into fibres.<\/p>\n
They donned sturdy boots to tour the muddy fields as owners Helen Kerr and Charlie Mallon, described how they had transformed their dairy farm into a flax farm which they hoped would spearhead the cultivation of the crop for linen.<\/p>\n
The Princess spoke of her recent visits to textile manufacturers and said it was \u201cfascinating\u201d to see the \u201cwhole journey\u201d.<\/p>\n
She noted that consumers were increasingly interested in the provenance of their products. \u201cThey really do care about where things have come from \u2013 how a product is made,\u201d she said. It was important, she added, that things were \u201cmade with love.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n