Kate Middleton joined a children's author for a day in the mud during a local farm visit in Gloucestershire on Wednesday (3 May).
The Duchess, with author Michael Morpurgo, spent their Wednesday afternoon at Farms For City Children in Arlingham, a charity which gives children from cities the chance to experience working on a farm.
She heard about the farm before joining a story-time session led by Michael Morpurgo, who founded the charity with his wife Clare in 1976.
She joined the children as they completed work around the farm yard, working in the allotments and tending to pigs, sheep and chickens, before a short tea party.
Founded in 1976, Farms for City Children now has three working farms, where it welcomes around 3,200 children and 400 teachers a year.
Children from all over Britain usually spend a week living and working on a real farm where they learn about where their food comes from, and develop practical skills outside the classroom.
The charity's mission is to promote literacy and storytelling, as well as to give children an understanding of the countryside and food production.
During a day-long tour of Cornwall last August, Kate told a member of the Wadebridge Young Farmers Club that she has been encouraging Prince George and Princess Charlotte to take an interest in the farm at the family's home in Norfolk.
