The princes showed up at 6 a.m. local time in the flood-hit village of Datchet, west of London.
The community is one of several in Berkshire and Surrey to have been hit by flooding in recent days after the River Thames burst its banks.
Nearly 6,000 homes have been inundated along the Thames Valley and elsewhere following England's wettest January in 2½ centuries.
Some communities in low-lying areas of Somerset, in southwest England, have been under water since December.
And there's no letup in sight just yet.
The Environment Agency has warned of more flooding along the Thames over the weekend as the river reaches its highest level in 60 years.
A powerful Atlantic storm that is blowing in on Friday will add to people's woes.
Power outages
It comes only two days after a storm blasted western Wales and northwest England, as well as parts of Ireland, with gale-force winds.
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