So there IS something perfect Kate's not good at! Duchess' 'dreadful' pool 技術s fail to impress during a visit to a children's charity in むちの跡s?

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The Duchess of Cambridge showed off her 'dreadful' pool-playing 技術s during a light-hearted moment after a morning talking to children and young people with コンビナート／複合体 mental health needs

Kate was welcomed to MIST in Torfaen, South むちの跡s, a child and adolescent mental health 事業／計画（する）, by service 使用者 15-year-old Craig Davies, who also became her team-mate in the impromptu game of pool.

Unfortunately for Craig, who was playing with the Duchess against fellow service 使用者 Connor Goodacre, also 15, she 行方不明になるd her 発射.

Asked what he thought of Kate's pool 技術s he pulled a 直面する and said: 'She was dreadful.'?

The Duchess of Cambridge att empts to plays pool during her visit to MIST, a child and adolescent mental health 事業／計画（する）, part of 活動／戦闘 for Children which supports 攻撃を受けやすい families in むちの跡s

The Duchess 行方不明になるd her 発射 and failed to マリファナ the ball as she played pool against?15-year-old Craig Davies

Larking around: Luckily Kate managed to see the funny 味方する にもかかわらず her 'dreadful' pool-playing abilities. Speaking to 地元の youngtser Craig afterwards, she chatted about her family's dog Lupo and hamster Marvin

Craig said he was 最初 nervous about 会合 Kate but lost his 神経s, 特に after chatting with her about Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

He said they also discussed their pets 含むing Kate's dog Lupo and hamster Marvin and his Jack Russell dog Wilf.

He said: 'She was talking about how MIST helps us and stuff with life and school. She was really 利益／興味d in what we were talking about.'

Luckily Kate was still as impressive as ever in the style 火刑／賭けるs, turning to an old favourite jewel-coloured miniskirt and matching jacket by French label Paule Ka.?

Luckily Kate was able to take her 欠如（する） of 技術 with the pool cue in good spirits as she 行方不明になるd her 発射?

Taking a 発射: Kate showed off her 'dreadful' pool-playing 技術s during a light-hearted moment after a morning talking to children and young people with コンビナート／複合体 mental health needs inside the MIST centre in Pontypool,?Torfaen

When asked?what he thought of the Duchess of Cambridge's pool 技術s, her 対抗者, 15-year-old Craig, pulled a 直面する and said: 'She was dreadful'.?Kate later visited the Caerphilly Family 介入 Team (FIT) にもかかわらず 存在 直面するd with a downpour

地元の police stepped up 安全 成果／努力s as officers 武装した with tasers and drone-operated cameras stood by for her arrival at Pontypool, Torfaen, for her first 約束／交戦 with 活動／戦闘 for Children since becoming the charity's 王室の patron.

Kate took the baton for the organisation, which cares for disadvantaged children from across the UK, from the Queen in December.

Wearing her hair in a chic half-up 'do, the Duchess made a typically stylish 入り口, teaming her 控訴 with 黒人／ボイコット suede boots, gloves and a polo neck jumper as she touched 負かす／撃墜する on Wednesday morning.?

The Duchess of Cambridge 選ぶd for a maroon miniskirt and matching jacket by Paule Ka, an old favourite, in her first 役割 as patron of 活動／戦闘 for Children as she touched 負かす／撃墜する in むちの跡s on Wednesday morning

Warm welcome: Kate was 現在のd with a bunch of yellow roses as she arrived at the centre 早期に o n Wednesday morning.?One youngster at the centre, Craig, told cameras he was 'nervous but excited' about 会合 the 王室の

During her visit today, she saw two of the charity's 事業／計画（する）s in むちの跡s, where it helped 13,000 children and young people last year alone.

The Duchess kicked off her trip in Torfaen to visit Multi-disciplinary 介入 Support Team (MIST), a child and adolescent mental health 事業／計画（する） which has been running for 12 years.

The service 作品 with both young people and their carers or birth families to 演説（する）／住所 コンビナート／複合体 mental health needs. During her visit, Kate got a cuddle from youngster Ypapanti Galimatakis who couldn't resist going in for a 抱擁する.

Kate later visited the Caerphilly Family 介入 Team (FIT) to learn about their work with children living with emotional and behavioural difficulties, problems with family 関係s and those who have or who are likely to self 害（を与える）.?

Not taking any chances! 地元の police stepped up 安全 成果／努力s as officers 武装した with tasers and drone-operated cameras stood by for Kate's arrival at Pontypool, Torfaen, before she 長，率いるd inside to 雑談（する） to staff and 受益者s

A cuddle for Kate! Youngster?Ypapanti Galimatakis couldn't resist going in for a 抱擁する with the Duchess at the?MIST centre. Kensington Palace said she had been looking 今後 to '会合 the young people [the charity] 作品 with'

再生利用するing: Thrifty Kate has worn the 控訴 by Paule Ka before and is believed to have snapped it up some five years ago. She teamed the outfit with opaque tights, 黒人／ボイコット gloves and a pair of suede boots, 層ing up with a polo neck jumper

New 役割:?A spokesperson for Kensington Palace said in a tweet on Wednesday morning that Kate was 'incredibly proud to follow The Queen as Patron of 活動／戦闘 for Children'

The mother-of-two, who arrived in Caerphilly?to grey skies and 注ぐing rain, 見解（をとる）d the team's family therapy work, which helps families understand the 推論する／理由s behind 確かな behaviour.

The 事業／計画（する） is 配達するd by family support practitioners who are trained and 監督するd by a 臨床の psychologist and systemic psychotherapist.?

A spokesperson for Kensington Palace said Kate was 'incredibly proud to follow The Queen as Patron of 活動／戦闘 for Children'.?

Kate 会合，会うs charity staff and 十代の少年少女 Craig Davies, second 権利, who she later joined for a game of pool at MIST. The organisation is part of 活動／戦闘 for Children which?cares for disadvantaged children from across the UK

Important 原因（となる）: This is Kate's first 約束／交戦 in her 役割 as patron of the organisation, which cares for disadvantaged children from across the UK, since taking over from the Queen in December

Coiffed to perfection:?Wearing her hair in a chic half-up 'do and with 極小の make-up, Kate made a typically stylish 入り口. She kicked off her visit today at MIST in Pontypool, and will later?visit the Caerphilly Family 介入 Team (FIT)

The flattering tailored jacket and ゆらめくd skirt showed off mother-of-two Kate's 人物／姿／数字 to perfection as she 迎える／歓迎するd （人が）群がるs outside the centre before 長，率いるing inside to speak to staff, 受益者s and foster families

They 追加するd: 'The Duchess 堅固に believes that every child who needs it should be given the best support at the earliest 適切な時期. The Duchess is pleased to support 活動／戦闘 for Children's important work.?

'She is looking 今後 to getting to know the people that make 活動／戦闘 for Children such a success and 会合 the young people they work with.'?

活動／戦闘 for Children helps all types of families, supporting children and carers through fostering and 採択 and 介入するing 早期に to stop neglect and 乱用. It also 目的（とする）s to make life better for children with disabilities.

In total, 7,000 staff and volunteers operate more than 600 services, 改善するing the lives of 390,000 children, 十代の少年少女s, parents and carers each year.??

Kate is 現在のd with a bouquet as she 雑談（する）s to youngsters outside the MIST centre. She 後継するd the Queen as patron of the 国家の charity in December, after it was 発表するd that the 君主 would be stepping 負かす／撃墜する from her position

The 王室の looked to be in high spirits as she 迎える／歓迎するd 支持者s on Wednesday morning. She 以前 visited 活動／戦闘 for Children programmes at Cape Hill Children's Centre in Smethwick, and Sandwell Family Partners in Birmingham, in 2015

Kate 後継するd the Queen as patron of the 国家の charity in December, after it was 発表するd that the 君主 was stepping 負かす／撃墜する from her position and giving up her patronages with 24 other 団体／死体s.

Sir Tony Hawkhead, 活動／戦闘 For Children's 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, said of her new 役割: 'Everyone at 活動／戦闘 For Children is thrilled to have received 確定／確認 that HRH the Duchess of Cambridge will take over patronage of the charity from Her Majesty The Queen.

'It is a 広大な／多数の／重要な honour to begin what I am sure will be a long 協会 with a member of the 王室の Family with whom we already have a 関係 に引き続いて visits to some of our services in 2015.'

He 追加するd: 'The Duchess has an 利益／興味 in many of the 問題／発行するs our teams を取り引きする across the UK, 特に around emotional 井戸／弁護士席-存在 and mental health.

'On に代わって of the 390,000 children and families we help, our 支持者s, trustees and staff, I 申し込む／申し出 a warm welcome to the Duchess of Cambridge as our new 王室の Patron.'?

What a lark! Kae sits next to seven-year-old Alife Thomas, left, and nine-year-old Emily Davis, 権利 as she 減少（する）s in at the Caerphilly Family 介入 Team (FIT) に引き続いて her visit to Pontypool on Wednesday morning

Kate 提起する／ポーズをとるs for a photo with staff and youngsters a FIT in?Caerphilly 含むing Emily and Casey, 権利, who 現在のd her with posies. Today 示すs her first 公式の／役人 約束／交戦 as patron of 活動／戦闘 for Children since 受託するing her new 役割 in December

Two youngsters appeared to break with 議定書 as they hopped over the 塀で囲む to shake 手渡すs with Kate, after one little girl threw her 武器 around the Duchess during her visit to MIST in Pontypool earlier this morning

勇敢に立ち向かうing the downpour:?The Duchess leaves Caerphilly after she was met by grey skies and 注ぐing rain during her visit to the Family 介入 Team (FIT), which helps families understand the 推論する／理由s behind 確かな behaviour

Kate 以前 visited 活動／戦闘 for Children programmes at Cape Hill Children's Centre in Smethwick, and Sandwell Family Partners in Birmingham, in 2015.??

She met staff and volunteers, finding out about the work done for young children to help develop self-信用／信任 and their emotional 井戸／弁護士席-存在.

She also helped out with a play 開会／開廷／会期, joining in with games and nursery rhymes and 収入 a high-five from one exuberant youngster.