Kate chats to young girls before entering the hospital where she was given a tour of facilities including the Intra Operative MRI Scanner, the Oncology Unit and the Burns Unit
A giant rose for Kate to add to her burgeoning collection of blooms
Wrapped up warm against the winter chill, the patients of Alder Hey wait eagerly to meet Kate
Patients at the Alder Hey Hospital hung a tribute to Kate in the window of one of the wards
At Ronald McDonald House, Ethan Harris gives the Duchess a Valentine's card he'd made for her - complete with a poem he wrote himself
Ten-year-old Ethan made the card with his brother Carson, whose illness has meant the family have spent much time staying at accommodation provided by Ronald McDonald House. Kate thanked Ethan, declaring the poem 'lovely'
Kate wears the sapphire and diamond engagement ring that once belonged to William's late mother Diana
Kate arrives in Liverpool where she will visit Alder Hey children's hospital and The Brink, an alcohol-free bar as Patron of Action on Addiction
Kate arrived in Liverpool where she paid a visit to The Brink, an alcohol-free bar for recovering addicts, before meeting a six-year-old heart patient at Alder Hey Children's Hospital
The Duchess of Cambridge tries a smoothie - with bananas, almonds, honey, milk and a dash of cream - christened the Duchess in her honour as she visited dry bar The Brink in Liverpool