Kate Middleton 'business as usual' in first outing after being dragged into Royal race row

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Kate Middleton appeared to be tackling her Royal duties head on despite the ongoing controversies in her first solo outing since she was dragged into the Royal race row which has reignited with Omid Scobie's new book, Endgame.The Princess of Wales visited the Evelina London Children's Hospital on Tuesday, where she officially opened the facility's brand-new day surgery unit as patron and chatted with staff, patients and their families the Mirror reports.The £55 million new facility allows children to be treated in one location on the same day.

Mum-of-three Kate walked the same route as the children visiting the centre, including rooms offering pre-surgery checks, operation theatres and recovering areas.Kate also checked out the new space-themed artwork, which was chosen by patients and staff and decorated the hospital.

She began the visit by meeting nine-year-old Ella Moth, who won a competition to design the artwork for the new unit. Ella's space-themed drawings were inspired by the death of her dad Piers who she says has now "gone to the stars".

Her father was treated for brain cancer at Guy’s hospital before he died in 2021.In the recovery area she met four-and-a-half-year-old Saya Stephenson, who was resting in bed after an operation to remove excess skin for her ears.