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Jennifer Newton

Giggling Kate Middleton zooms down a slide during whirlwind solo visit to Denmark

The Duchess of Cambridge was left in fits of giggles today after whizzing down a slide on the first day of her solo trip to Denmark.

Kate was at the LEGO Foundation PlayLab in the Danish capital to learn about how it is a creative learning environment for students who are training to be early years professionals.

The PlayLab has a huge slide that Kate was shown the top of - and she could have taken the stairs back down to the ground.

But daring Kate opted to have a go herself at the twisting slide and couldn't contain her laughter as she appeared at the bottom with her hands in the air.

Kate Middleton comes whizzing down a slide during a visit to the LEGO Foundation PlayLab in Copenhagen (REUTERS)

She then said: "In the spirit of where I am, I had to do that!"

Kate arrived in Copenhagen earlier today on a fact-finding mission to learn how the country has become a world leader in its approach to early childhood development.

She looked stunning in a red blazer from Zara that she previously wore when watching the England v Germany game at Wembley during the Euros last summer.

Kate beamed as she shot out of the end of the slide (Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima)
Kate said: "In the spirit of where I am, I had to do that!" (REUTERS)

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Underneath she wore a ruffled white shirt - with the red and white colours a nod to the Danish flag. She teamed it with black wide-legged trousers, a small black Aspinal of London handbag and earrings and a necklace from Monica Vinader.

Kate wore a blazer from Zara and teamed it with black wide-legged trousers (REUTERS)

On her first engagement, she visited the University of Copenhagen to learn from world-leading researchers running the Copenhagen Infant Mental Health Project, which aims to promote mental wellbeing and relationships between infants and their parents.

She later went to The Children’s Museum, where she met with three health visitors who have been trained through the Understanding your Baby (UYB) programme, and two families who have benefitted from this support.

Kate is on a two-day solo trip to Copenhagen (REUTERS)

Kate is spending two days in Copenhagen on a working visit with her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

It is the first time she has taken the work of her foundation, which she launched in June, to the international stage.

The visit will also pay tribute to the historic ties Britain shares with Denmark and celebrate the countries’ joint jubilees

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and the Golden Jubilee of Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II both fall in 2022.

Kate will receive an official welcome from Queen Margrethe tomorrow in honour of the long-standing relationship between the two royal families.

She will also join Crown Princess Mary of Denmark and visit a project which works to protect vulnerable women and children from domestic violence.

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