Kate Middleton fingerpaints with children from hospice during royal visit
Kate Middleton fingerpaints with children from hospice during royal visit
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Kate Middleton joked about her ‘huge’ handprint. The Princess of Wales laughed as she played with terminal children at a “lifeline” hospice. Kate Middleton joked about her “huge” hands as she left her print on the wall of the Ty Hafan children’s hospice in South Wales on Thursday.
![[A signed handprint from the Princess of Wales]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/14/01/Princess-of-Wales-visit-to-South-Wales-sbqcnroa.jpeg)
The future Queen, who confirmed earlier this month she is in remission from cancer, has become patron of the hospice as she continues her gradual return to public duties. She joined a “stay and play” musical session with the children and spoke to two bereaved families whose children were cared for at the hospice.
![[The hospice in Sully, near Cardiff, South Wales, supports families in Wales to ensure that children with life-shortening conditions live fulfilling lives]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/13/36/Princess-of-Wales-visit-to-South-Wales-y4nmf27t.jpeg)
One little boy caught her attention as she was given a tour, five-year-old Oscar, who was pushing himself around on a walker with wheels. When Kate joined the musical therapy session where children sat with family members and staff while a musician played a guitar and sang, she chatted to Dani-Rae, aged three, who has spinal muscular atrophy and was dressed in pink and sat in a matching wheelchair.
She dropped down to her level to ask “What do you like doing when you’re here, do you like music? Have you tried any of the instruments?” and held up a pair of maracas. Kensington Palace has arranged for a donation of musical instruments for the hospice, based in the village of Sully near Cardiff, for future music therapy sessions.
![[The Princess of Wales, Patron of Ty Hafan Children's Hospice, speaks to five-year-old Savanah-Blu]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/30/13/58/Princess-of-Wales-visit-to-South-Wales-5hgrxgr6.jpeg)
