As the inflated balloons touch the side of the armchairs please remove and tie the balloon with curling ribbon. The Princess of Wales with bandages wrapped around her fingers during a visit to HMP High Down in Surrey sparking debate among royal fans (Image: PA)

The mum-of-three wowed in a light yellow dress and matching hat, but it appears that her hand captured the attention of fans instead of her striking look. She was at HMP High Down in Surrey this morning as part of her work with The Forward Trust and ahead of Addiction Awareness Week. And is it understood that the plasters were down to playtime with her children - specifically she sustained the hand injury at home while trampolining with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, but it is a “minor injury, nothing serious” - and it didn’t stop her shaking hands with those she met on arriving at the jail. In 2016, the Duchess wore the tape on her left thumb as she guided her then-one-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, away from a church service in Berkshire.The Princess Of Wales injured herself while playing on the trampoline with her children; Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. In 2021, Kate was shot with a plaster on her right thumb when she attended the Jubilee in the Castle, Cardiff, with Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge and two of their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. She was her usual very friendly self, and happy to shake the hands of fans.

On Tuesday, the Princess of Wales was visiting High Down Prison in Sutton, Surrey, with the Forward Trust ahead of Addiction Awareness Week. The accident-prone Princess of Wales had a conspicuous nasty injury when she took part in a surprise visit to a prison to talk to inmates about overcoming addiction. Kate Middleton again had her fingers taped up with plasters - and as usual it was family rough and tumble which was blamed.

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The Forward Trust delivers a range of services at the prison which are tailored to the men who live there, including an intensive abstinence-based programme, a low to medium intensity intervention programme and courses of workshops for addicts and their loved ones.The pink-coloured plasters are frequently on show, leaving everyone guessing as she waves to the public and holds hands with her family. Speculation has mounted as to why Kate often has plaster - but is well known that she is a keen cook - and also grows her own vegetables. She’s also the mum of three young children - and as every parent knows it’s not just the children who get injured in the rough and tumble.