Kate Middleton stumped as cheeky eight-year-old asks ‘does the Queen eat pizza?’

KATE Middleton was today stumped when a cheeky eight-year-old asked her if the Queen eats pizza.

The Duchess of Cambridge laughed as the inquisitive student quizzed her over the 92-year-old monarch's eating habits - but was forced to admit she didn't know.

It was year four student Nadirah, eight, who summoned the courage to ask the daring question during Kate's visit to Islington Community Garden this morning.

As the group rolled out dough and slathered tomato sauce on the dough, the young student piped up: "Has the Queen ever eaten pizza?"

Kate replied: "That is such a good question, I don't know.

"Maybe next time I see her, shall I ask?"

And young Patrick, eight, was emboldened by his classmate's question, asking the 37-year-old duchess "Here's my ideal question. Can I see your children?"

Kate admitted that her two eldest, Prince George, five, and Princess Charlotte, three, would be sad they had missed out on the day, saying: ";They would love to come and do this with you.

"They will be very sad that I've been out and making pizzas with you."

The duchess stayed casual for the visit to King Henry's Walk garden for her first official royal engagement for the year, wearing a green £399 tweed jacket.

And she even got hands on - making bird feeders with local school children.

As she chatted to the students, Kate revealed her own kids were in school today, with Prince George learning about space.

She asked: "Do you like being outside, learning outside? I think that's where George and Charlotte would love to be learning outside of the classroom. It's still fun inside, but it's much better outside."

The mother was gifted honey, picture and bird feeders from the kids, telling one: "I'm going to go put that in the garden and hopefully the birds will come."

She has previously spoken of her love for the outdoors - even telling fans she likes to go on spider hunts in the garden with kids Prince George, five, and Princess Charlotte, three.

The mum, wearing COM See suede lace up ankle boots by Chloe Mozart, made time to speak to students about learning outside - quizzing them if they liked learning in a woodlands classroom, or inside.

And she was met with a chorus of "outside", with the students telling her they loved to find centipedes and insects in the woods.

Encouraging the kids to head outside, she told them: "If you haven't tried it, you don't know how cool it is."

The style icon also embraced the nature theme for her visit, wearing small gold leaf earrings.

KATE'S GARDEN DESIGN

Today's visit comes as it was announced the 37-year-old had co-designed a Chelsea Flower Show garden for the first time.

Kate has worked on the creation on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society for the renowned annual event in May, the RHS said.

The duchess's garden is called the "RHS Back to Nature Garden" and has been designed in collaboration with award-winning landscape architects Andree Davies and Adam White, of Davies White Landscape Architects.

The RHS said Kate's garden "has been inspired by childhood memories that are triggered by the natural world, as well as special moments that will be created and treasured by families now and in the future".

A Kensington Palace spokeswoman said: "The garden seeks to recapture for adults the sense of wonder and magic that they enjoyed as children, in addition to kindling excitement and a passion for nature in future generations.

"Wild planting and natural materials will be used to recreate a woodland wilderness where children and adults alike can feel closer to the great outdoors."

As part of today's visit, the duchess will be shown some of the allotment plots at the King Henry's Walk Garden in Islington, and take part in a winter planting workshop, bird box building and pizza making in the garden's kitchen area.

The gardeners use organic methods to promote a diversity of plants and wildlife, and seek to engage with the local community with a programme of educational sessions and events.

Alongside community cohesion, the garden is said to have helped to reduce problems such as anti-social behaviour and vandalism in the area.