Kate Middleton reveals a secret love when she meets children during a visit to school

Kate Middleton today revealed her love of tie dye as she spent time with school children and the "best teacher in the world".

The Duchess of Cambridge met with young people as she entered a London high school to celebrate Children's Mental Health Week.

She also explained how she conveyed her pbadion for the arts to her children – claiming that Prince George was inspired by drawing using a piece of charcoal found in a fireplace at his home.

She met Andria Zafirakou, who was named the best teacher in the world, at the Alperton Community School in Brent – and told her about her love of tie dye.

During her visit to the art clbad, the Duchess stated that she was "desperate" to use the printing technique – pillar of the hippie generation fashion that was taught to countless children in schools in the 70s and 80s.

When Ms. Zafirakou explained the different types of printmaking taught in her clbades, Kate laughingly said, "I'm desperate to go back to dyeing."

When asked if she was interested in the art, the Duchess, who studied art history at the university, said that She "loved it", adding, "It's something that I love with kids – in paper mache – I've forgotten how complicated it is." Is really great. "

She also said that her son George had found a piece of charcoal in a fireplace and told him, "Mom, I'm going to draw a picture – that's what's so nice to be able to do it on all sides. "

Previously, Kate had produced a popular family photo when she joined a group of elementary schoolchildren who were asked to take an object that made them happy.

She took the image used for her 2018 Christmas card, showing her with the Duke of Cambridge and their three children, George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.

The Duchess joined the students during a visit to Lavender Primary School in Enfield, North London.

Ms. Zafirakou, to whom a million dollar prize (£ 766,000) and the Varkey Foundation 2018 Global Teachers' Prize, praised the royal visit to her school.

Commenting on Kate 's confession that she works with her children, she says, "So it' s a very docile mother who understands creativity – it 's just awesome and delightful. hear that and, as a mother, I know exactly what it means. "

She emphasized that the school supported not only the students' academic aspirations, but also their personal development.

"Our approach is that we are not an exam-type school, we look at the well-being of children and prepare them for their future, as well as how to care for them." themselves, "she said.

"And I do not think we would survive if we did not have that approach."