Kate Middleton beams as she's handed home-made wreath for Charlotte at visit to London hospital

The Duchess of Cambridge has arrived at a children’s hospital to join a creative workshop for young patients and their siblings.

Arriving on her own in a black, chauffeured car, Kate emerged wearing a matching tweed jacket and skirt and smiling, accepted a posey of flowers from one of the children.

She shared the touching moment with nine-year-old Anna-Victoria, a patient who has a form of dwarfism called Achondroplasia.

Kate has been the patron of the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, which is within St Thomas' Hospital in Westminster and part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, since 2018.

She has been a patron of the National Portrait Gallery since 2012, which is running the activity at the hospital.

Evelina London offers specialist services for children with rare and complex conditions from across south London, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and beyond.

The National Portrait Gallery works in close collaboration with play specialists at Evelina London to take artists into the hospital to deliver workshops to children of all ages, along with their siblings and parents.

Children will today have a chance to showcase their work to the royal with the help of art world experts.

The duchess went on a walkabout in the hospital’s reception after she arrived, meeting dozens of staff, patients and their families as she made her way to the workshop.

She later joined a group of children at a table helping to make paper characters for a tiny theatre complete with a stage.

The duchess was at the hospital to learn how the creative arts support children’s health, wellbeing and happiness.

Kate showcased her own poignant artwork on Monday for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The Duchess was one of several photographers to take portraits of Holocaust survivors with their children and grandchildren.

Kate, who is the patron of the Royal Photographic Society and a keen amateur photographer, said those she snapped were “two of the most life-affirming people that I have had the privilege to meet”.

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