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Prince Louis’ sweet hobby revealed by Princess Kate in rare admission

As Princess Kate and Melania Trump spent time with a group of scouts, they discussed Prince Louis' new favourite hobby.

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By Hanisha Sethi, Royal Reporter

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Prince Louis has a new hobby - collecting conkers (Image: GETTY)

Prince Louis has a new autumnal hobby, which Princess Kate has shared with Melania Trump during her official state visit to the UK. The pair spent time with a group of young Scouts from Lewisham at Frogmore Gardens on the last day of her and President Trump's official visit.

The pair went to Frogmore Gardens, where they met up with the Scouts Squirrels, the youngest subset of the UK Scouting organisation. The Princess of Wales revealed that Louis is currently collecting conkers as a hobby. Speaking to Melania Trump and Chief Scout Dwayne Fields, she revealed: "We keep finding conkers in cupboards, in his bed – conkers everywhere."

Mr Fields smiled during the exchange, then Kate added that the young Prince even puts the conkers in his toy trucks and plays with them.

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Melania Trump and Princess Kate

Melania Trump and Princess Kate met with Scouts (Image: WPA POOL)

The two women joined the children as they created artwork and talked through their scout experience.

The children at the Scouts even were served oat and cranberry biscuits from the royal kitchens made with honey from Kate's beehives at her Norfolk home, Anmer Hall.

Some of the scouts also made bug hotels with the Princess and First Lady, and Princess Kate asked a young child: "I like bees, do you think bees will come into your hotel?"

The office of the First Lady confirmed to HELLO! Magazine that Melania gave all of the children a neckerchief as a gift, alongside the White House pots of honey. The Scout Leader, Dwayne, also gave the First Lady her own neckerchief to take home.

Mrs Trump's visit to the Scouts came after she joined Queen Camilla on a tour of Windsor Castle's royal library and to see the Queen Mary's Dolls House, before inspecting some of the miniatures made especially for the world's largest dollhouse.

The Scouts Squirrels joined Princess Kate in Frogmore Gardens

The Scouts Squirrels joined Princess Kate in Frogmore Gardens (Image: WPA POOL)

After spending time with the Princess of Wales, the first lady joined her husband at Chequers; from there after diplomatic talks they both returned to Air Force One for their departure back to the US.

On September 17, Prince William and Princess were the first royals to greet the president and the first lady, Melania after they alighted Marine One at Windsor Castle.

Kate also accompanied the Trumps on the carriage procession through the grounds of Windsor before joining them for an official lunch.

Afterwards, the Trumps carried on with their official commitments before Kate and William joined them again later in the evening for the State Banquet. The Princess was seated next to the American President, who also sweetly referenced her in his speech at dinner.

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