Pregnant Kate Middleton GASPS in shock when chatting to laughing kids on Royal visit

FRESH from a secret birthday party where alcohol was off the menu, Kate Middleton has stepped out on her first Royal engagement of 2018.

By Nicholas Bieber /

The Duchess of Cambridge visited a school in West London today where hundreds of excited kids lined up to meet the future Queen consort.

She was pictured arriving at Reach Academy in Feltham with a beaming smile as she stunned in a knee length navy coat and matching shoes.

The pregnant Duchess chatted with some of the kids waiting in the playground, and was pictured at one point gasping in shock.

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CHEEKY! Kate was left gasping as a pupil pulled a funny face

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    Another side-splitting snap showed a nearby pupil pulling a funny, emoji-like face as he gritted his teeth yards away from the Royal.

    The pregnant Duchess then headed inside the school, for pupils aged 4-18, which she is visiting to find out more about its work with Place2Be.

    This is a children’s mental health charity for which Kate is a Royal patron, that helps pupils, teachers and parents.

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    GLEAMING: Kate stunned in a navy coat and beaming smile for her first Royal visit of 2018

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      SHOCK: Something a pupil said left Kate gasping

      Mental health is an issue Kate, Prince William and Harry are close to – with the Princes’ mum Princess Diana a well-known advocate of it.

      Kate’s visit comes just hours after Daily Star Online revealed she threw a private party at Kensington Palace as she celebrated her 36th birthday.

      A Royal source told us how only eight people were invited to the bash, where – for Kate at least – alcohol was off the menu.

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        Kate is due to give birth in April, a month before Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding.

        Just yesterday Meghan and Harry stepped out for their first Royal engagement of the year at a radio station in London’s Brixton.