The Princess of Wales sported a bargain £20 skirt as she joined husband Prince William on a trip to Wales today.
William and Kate are undertaking an away day in Wales today ahead of St David's Day tomorrow, which celebrates the patron saint of Wales.
For the outing, Kate opted for a black and white houndstooth-style long skirt from High Street favourite Zara, teaming it with a cream polo neck jumper, a white coat, thought to be Alexander McQueen, with a daffodil pinned to it, and black-heeled boots.
On the first stop of the day in Wales, the couple has visited a rehabilitation centre in Pontyclun, near Cardiff, South Wales, where they spoke to staff and patients to hear first-hand about the effects of drug and alcohol addiction.
They dropped by the Brynawel Rehabilitation Centre having travelled to Wales to help champion mental health initiatives and meet local communities.
Arriving at the centre they were greeted by Sue Gwyn, executive director, manager Grace Sansom and the Welsh Government’s minister for mental health and wellbeing Lynne Neagle.
As part of their visit, William and Kate announced they would be collaborating with Brynawel to create a set of therapy allotments and garden, with their foundation working alongside Life at No.27 – a horticultural therapy and mental health counselling provider.
The allotments will be the first of six gardens that will eventually be created across South Wales.
Near the site’s current garden, William spoke to recovery manager Claire Holloway, and trustees Marc Penny and Dai McBride.
They were also greeted by a therapy dog, seven-year-old Great Dane, Ragnar.
Stroking Ragnar, William commented on the dog’s "big ears", while Kate said: "He must be very popular."
Kate was then invited to plant some sweet William seeds near Brynawel Rehabilitation Centre’s garden and allotments.
Seeing the name of the flowers, William laughed.
Volunteer gardener Vanessa Townsend helped Kate sow the seeds and said: "They will flower in two years. I’ll make sure you get some."
Two-year-old Cora Phillips then gave Kate a bunch of daffodils as the royal couple left the centre and Cora’s mother Michelle Phillips, from Llanharan, said: "Oh my goodness, I did not expect that in a million years."
Turning to her daughter, she said: "We just met a princess. We’re never going to forget that."
Ms Phillips said they live nearby and had bought daffodils ahead of St David’s Day tomorrow on March 1.
Meanwhile, William was asked several times about the rugby union match the and Kate attended on Saturday.
They were in the stands for England’s victory over Wales in the Six Nations at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
William is patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, while Kate is patron of the Rugby Football Union.
Asked if he enjoyed the game, the Prince of Wales joked: "Not really."
He later told volunteers: "I've had non-stop grief about it all weekend."
Later, the pair will also visit a leisure and fitness centre in Aberavon, meeting Welsh athletes, discus thrower Harrison Walsh and sprinter Hannah Brier and tour the headquarters of the Wales Air Ambulance charity in Llanelli.
William was given the title the Prince of Wales by his father the King shortly after Charles acceded to the throne, which in turn makes Kate the Princess of Wales.
After the title change, the couple said they hoped to begin "deepening the trust and respect" they have with the people of Wales after living there as newlyweds.
