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Prince William apologised for Kate's absence during a school visit today, 追加するing that she 'would have loved' to come.?

The Prince of むちの跡s, 41, travelled to Rowley Regis, Sandwell, to 会合，会う pupil Freddie Hadley, 12, after receiving a letter last year 招待するing him to see the mental health 率先s at his school,?St Michael's Church of England High School.?

William 賞賛するd Freddie for his standout letter and told a member of staff: 'Lots of people 令状 letters but Freddie's was a really 井戸／弁護士席 written letter. I 約束d I would come.'?

But for William, the moment was bittersweet since he was without Kate, 42, who has stepped 支援する from public 約束／交戦s after starting a course of 'preventative' chemotherapy.?

'I am sorry Catherine can't be here 同様に. She would have loved to,' William told a staff member.?

Prince William 迎える／歓迎するd Freddie Hadley (left) today, 賞賛するing him for his 'very 井戸／弁護士席 written' letter 輪郭（を描く）ing his school's mental health 率先s?

The Princess of むちの跡s 発表するd she was 戦う／戦いing 癌 last month - まっただ中に 開始するing 圧力 for the Palace to comment on her 条件.

In the emotional message, filmed in Windsor, Kate 明らかにする／漏らすd the news had come as a '抱擁する shock' and that she and William 'have been doing everything we can to 過程 and manage this 個人として for the sake of our young family'.?

Today 示すd the first time that William has undertaken what is known as a '王室の away day' since news of the Princess of むちの跡s's 癌 diagnosis and 治療 was 公然と 発表するd.?

Given her かかわり合い to 改善するing the mental wellbeing of children with the 形態／調整ing Us （選挙などの）運動をする, Kate would have likely enjoyed today's 約束／交戦.?

Freddie Hadley, 12, 地位，任命するd his letter on X, 以前は Twitter, on World Mental Health Day last October telling the 王室の about the brilliant work he and his friends at St Michael's Church of England High School in Rowley Regis, Sandwell, were doing.

To his delight, William 本人自身で replied, 令状ing: 'Good afternoon Freddie, I'm so sorry Catherine and I can't be with you and the 残り／休憩（する） of the students at St Michael's today. '取り組むing mental health challenges and stigmas 長，率いる on is so important, please keep up this important work. W'

But Freddie's letter 明確に had a 深く，強烈に moving 影響 on the prince, who asked his team to 内密に arrange a visit to the school next time he was planning public 約束／交戦s in the West Midlands.

And today he shocked the schoolboy and his classmates by a rriving unannounced as the first of three 約束／交戦s in the 地域.

William apologised for Kate's absence, 追加するing that 'she would have loved to' be there (seen in November)

William is snapped shaking 手渡すs with 12-year-old Freddie Hadley,?who made the 初期の 招待 to visit the school

Freddie Hadley, 12, wrote to the Prince of むちの跡s last year telling him about the 率先 he and his peers have 始める，決める up to help pupils manage their mental health

After 最初 sending his 陳謝s for not 存在 able to visit Freddie and his classmates, William gave St Michael's school a wave today ahead of his arrival

It is the first time that William has undertaken what is known as a '王室の away day' since news of the Princess of むちの跡s' 癌 diagnosis and 治療 was 公然と 発表するd.?

Freddie had no idea that the Prince was going to visit - instead he and his fellow pupils were told to 準備する for a VIP guest…. The Lord 中尉／大尉／警部補 of the West Midlands.

Even as he saw the 控訴 of cars with a police 護衛する approaching the campus , he later said, he still didn't click.

But when he saw William get out of the car, his 直面する broke into a 幅の広い grin.

'So this is the young lad who started it all off,' William said. Very nice to see you, thank you for your letter.' 'You're very welcome,' replied Freddie.

'Did you think you would get a 返答, like that?' ask ed the prince. 'Yes I did,' Freddie said.

'Oh you did, that's 信用／信任, ' laughed William. He asked: 'Why did you decide to 令状 to me?'

Freddie explained that he had been very impressed with the 王室の's work on mental health 問題／発行するs.

During his visit, William met 代表者／国会議員s of Student 発言する／表明する and had conversations with students about mental health

Prince William 明らかにする／漏らすd Princess Charlotte 's favourite joke this morning during a surprise school visit on a day of 約束／交戦s in the West Midlands where he joined Freddie Hadley (centre) on the school's 無線で通信する 駅／配置する?

Inside the school William was taken to 会合，会う the school's 'wellbeing 支持する／優勝者s' and 手渡すd a cup of 'positivity-tea'

The prince apologised for not 存在 able to come when he was first 招待するd on world Mental Health Day but said he hope he had made up for it.

Inside the building William told one member of staff: ' Lots of people 令状 letters but Freddie's was a really 井戸／弁護士席 written letter. I 約束d I would come. ' He 追加するd: 'I am sorry Catherine can't be here 同様に. She would have loved to.'

St. Michael's 雇うs a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing and in May 2022 達成するd a gold 基準 award by the Carnegie Centre of Excellent for Mental Health in Schools.

The school 開始する，打ち上げるd 'Student 発言する／表明する' in 2012, consisting of up to 100 students who 会合，会う at lunchtimes, after school, in the evenings and during school periods to develop 率先s 範囲ing from fundraising to mental health, 含むing working with 年輩の members of the community.

It's team of enthusiastic student Wellbeing 外交官／大使s also help design and 器具／実施する a 範囲 of 率先s to support students.

Prince William waves to （人が）群がるs of 王室の fans as he visits a school in Sandwell today

During his visit William 計画（する）s to 会合，会う 代表者／国会議員s of Student

発言する／表明する, and join a 開会／開廷／会期 with the Matrix 事業／計画（する） which was 始める，決める up to 向こうずね a スポットライト on male mental health and sees boys 老年の 11-14 会合，会う 週刊誌 to develop ideas and 事業／計画（する）s to 取り組む mental health challenges.

The group 開始する，打ち上げるd its #AmIManlyEnough （選挙などの）運動をする last year to 取り組む

the stigma around male mental health an d encourage men and boys to communicate more about their feelings.

He will also join a workshop with a larger group of students who ara?discussing a 範囲 of 問題／発行するs 関係のある to mental health and wellbeing, 含むing designing their own 静める 道具s and their dream wellbeing 中心.

During the visit, William 明らかにする／漏らすd that when he began 請け負うing 王室の work, he never 最初 ーするつもりであるd to look into mental health as his most 支持する／優勝者d 原因（となる）

In his letter to William last year Freddie neatly wrote that he and his friends had 始める，決める up #AMIMANLYENOUGH? with the 目的（とする） of 取り組むing the stigma that 'girls cry and boys get mad'.

'Through our work we discovered that 自殺 is the biggest 殺し屋 in young males and this won't change unless people start the conversation,' he wrote, with 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の 成熟.

'Our passion for mental health has given us 適切な時期s to organise and lead community events, 現在の at 国家の 会議／協議会s, 参加する 無線で通信する interviews and even 伸び（る） celebrity 裏書，是認.'

He 招待するd the 相続人 to the 王位 to join t he 'soft 開始する，打ち上げる' of their （選挙などの）運動をする on World Mental Health Day as their VIP guest.

And while William had to 残念に 拒絶する／低下する on that occasion, he made his mind up to go and see their work in 活動／戦闘 at some point in the 近づく 未来.