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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Remy Greasley

'It's been very surreal' Birkenhead charity reacts to Royal visit

The Prince and Princess of Wales took a trip to Birkenhead this afternoon.

Following their visit to the new Royal Liverpool Hospital, they visited a mental health charity in Birkenhead. The Open Door charity, which supports young people across the region, welcomed the Royal couple to their Bloom Building in Birkenhead.

William and Kate arrived in the early afternoon, and spent more than an hour chatting with teenagers about how the charity helped them, as well as with the its leaders, about how they can help expand the creative charity's unprecedented work in the area. Director Lee Pennington founded the Open Door Charity 11 years ago, and said the visit was "surreal".

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