For someone who has been in the spotlight much longer than her tenure as first lady, Peng's ability to make an English-language speech just adds another sparkle to her.
Prince William kicked off his China tour in Beijing with a packed schedule which included a meeting with President Xi Jinping, a tour to the Forbidden City and a Beijing hutong and launching the China-UK cultural exchange year.
The British Queen Elizabeth II, 60 years old then, and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, paid a state visit to China in October 1986, becoming the first British monarch ever to visit China.