Nicola Sturgeon's government pleaded with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to abandon their train trip thanking key workers and communities for their work on the coronavirus crisis.
Prince William and wife Kate were met with pleas from the Scottish Government to cancel their Royal Train tour due to spiralling rates of coronavirus in the region, it has emerged.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge travelled 1,250 miles across Britain in early December, to thank communities and key workers for their selfless roles throughout the pandemic.
But the trip has been condemned as "highly irresponsible" and lacking in "empathy about sacrifices made by the general public", by fuming politicians.








