Sweet moment Kate beams as she shares touching encounter with children on visit to picturesque Scottish island

Scottish Sun

30-04-2025

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THIS is the sweet moment that the Princess of Wales beamed as she shared a touching encounter with kids during her visit to a picturesque Scottish island.
William and Kate were welcomed by crowds on the Isle of Mull yesterday for a visit aimed at celebrating remote communities and the environment.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived on the Isle of Mull yesterday
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William and Kate visited an ancient woodland today
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They meet youngsters learning about nature on their visit
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The Princess of Wales shared a touching moment with the children
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The couple arrived on the popular Scottish isle on Tuesday - their 14th wedding anniversary - and are set to stay for two days.
They began their two-day trip to the Isle of Mull by visiting Aros Hall in the coastal town of Tobermory, where the popular BBC children's TV series Balamory was filmed.
More than 200 tourists and local residents lined the main street of Tobermory to see William and Kate arrive, and greeted them with a cheer.
Aros Hall and a community hall in the village of Pennyghael in southern Mull are receiving grants from the Royal Foundation to fund their refurbishment.
Today, the Prince and Princess of Wales visited an ancient woodland to meet youngsters learning about nature.
William and Kate came suitably dressed for a trip to Ardura Community Forest on the Isle of Mull and spent time with an early years outdoor learning play group and their parents.
Prince William spoke about the importance of communities alongside his wife as three and four-year-olds ran around at their feet.
Chatting to one father, William said: "That's what we've lost, the ability to come together and know your neighbour."
He went on to add: "You can get lost in the cities."
Kate crouched down to speak to some of the children learning about their environment through simple tasks like gathering flowers and den building.
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She later played with the youngsters by the neighbouring River Lussa, as they threw sticks into the clear running water.
Jan Dunlop from the Mull and Iona Ranger Service hosted much of the visit, and she said later about the couple: "I think they loved it, I think they really did.
"Catherine would have stayed all day, and you could see when she got to the water, that was it."
Grants provided by William's conservation umbrella group, United For Wildlife's Nature Protectors initiative, will fund Ms Dunlop and a colleague's ranger roles for a year.
Ardura forest is one of Scotland's most precious habitats, which has been central to the way of life for generations of Mull families.
William was also seen pointing out the ferns growing on trees in the "temperate rainforest" when he chatted to one couple.
The couple were married at Westminster Abbey on April 29 2011, and their anniversary night will be spent at a self-catering cottage on Mull after a day of official engagements.
William and Kate began their Mull visit by touring Aros Hall, home to a community fridge saving food from landfill, a charity shop and a children's indoor play area used by family support charity Home-Start Lorn, whose volunteers met the royal couple.
Later they visited the nearby harbour to chat to makers and creators at Tobermory Producers Market before end their day by travelling to a combined croft and restaurant on the west coast of Mull, touring some of its 50 acres of land, and seeing the Hebridean sheep farmed on site.
The couple are officially known by their Scottish titles, the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, when in Scotland and have a connection with Mull.
The island is part of lands once ruled by the Lord of the Isles, one of a number of Scottish titles William inherited from his father when Charles became King and William the heir to the throne.
William and Kate met at the University of St Andrews in Fife and became friends before embarking on a romance.
Two years after their wedding, the couple had their first child, Prince George, then Princess Charlotte in 2015, and Prince Louis in 2018, and it appears their relationship remains strong after Kate's cancer treatment.
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Over 200 tourists and locals lined the main street of Tobermory to see the couple arrive on Tuesday
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