A fleeting meeting with Prince William
Jeremy Spinak was the only member of the Jewish community to meet Prince William on his recent visit to Sydney.
Jeremy Spinak
The 27-yr-old Honorary Secretary of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies was chatting to a friend from Youth on the Streets at a barbecue lunch at Lady Macquarie’s Chair when the 27-yr-old Prince strolled over for a chat.
Spinak piped in with “Hello, Your Highness” and got a royal reply from the second in line to the throne which ignored his name tag asking “and what organisation are you from?”.
Spinak told J-Wire: “I then explained to Prince William what the Board’s main activities are specifically in combating racism and antisemitism. He asked me how many members we had but I didn’t get a chance to reply as Premier Kenneally whisked him away.”
J-Wire asked the consultant to the property development industry what his lasting impressions from the fleeting meeting are. Spinak, who lives in Potts Point, replied: “He was polite, engaging and seemed genuinely interested in what the Board does.”
It may have been fleeting, but it will be a meeting the Potts Point man will remember all his life.
