Kate struggles on royal visit with hand injury: 'I can't put that on!'

Kate injured her hand after playing with Princes George, Louis and Princess Charlotte on a trampoline.

William who happily donned safety glasses and gloves to saw through a log was held steady by the Princess whose right hand was still bandaged.

Princess Kate declined the offer of gloves, she said: “I can’t even put that on because I’ve got two fingers stuck together."

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William and Kate chatted to youngsters from Madley Primary School, near Hereford, which views open-air learning as an essential part of the day-to-day curriculum and a way of boosting the physical and mental well-being of pupils.

Kate held down a small log so William, who wore gloves and protective glasses, could saw it in half for a group of youngsters making a den during their woodland class.

But she turned down the offer of a pair of workman’s gloves, saying her fingers were “stuck” together, in reference to two of her digits on her right hand being strapped together after she injured them in a trampoline accident.

The couple also sat around a campfire as the children roasted what William dubbed the “healthy version of marshmallows” – pieces of apple dipped in cinnamon and sugar.

The prince told the youngsters “whenever you cook something on a fire, I think it always tastes so much better”.

He later sat down with 10-year-old Jake who showed him how to whittle a stick and the royal quipped “hard to whittle when your fingers are quite cold”.

Each child attends the forest school at least once a week where they learn national curriculum subjects in the woodland environment, and environmental awareness, conservation and woodland management.

William’s Duchy of Cornwall and the primary school have been partners in the forest school initiative for 12 years, with the duchy providing the site for the outdoor learning at Brampton Hill Wood near Hereford.

The duchy is a portfolio of land, property and investments valued at around £1 billion, which provides an income for the heir to the throne, and over the years it has increased the woodland available to the school as it activities have expanded.

Yesterday Kate appeared at HMP High Down in Surrey where she met with staff and families.

Kate and William have been busy this week with a number of key engagements for the pair while the Prince's brother Harry is attending the Invictus Games with wife Meghan in Germany.