Kate returns to the Ipswich hospice where she made her first speech and hears a girl sing Ed Sheeran's Perfect

Charlotte Freegard, 13, who has the rare muscle condition nemaline myopathy, sang into a microphone at The Treehouse, and Catherine told her: 'Well done, you.' The princess also met Primrose Harvey, four, who has had three heart operations, the first at six days old. Catherine opened the hospice in 2012 while William was serving in the Falklands. It is now building a hydrotherapy pool and therapy suite.

EACH chief Kevin Clements warned that demand is 'increasing every single year'.

About £4m is already in place, and the charity has until October 2027 to raise the rest.

In Hoveton, Catherine told well-wishers she has missed George since he started at Eton.