A key focus for the returning Duchess of Cambridge
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All senior royals need causes to champion.
It is not enough nowadays to just turn up to major events.
At the start of his long wait to fulfil his destiny, Prince Charles solved the problem of what to do with his time by founding The Prince's Trust.
Younger royals are encouraged to support existing organisations, rather than launch one themselves.
Prince Harry obviously ignored that advice when he set up his charity in Lesotho.
With her visit to the Anna Freud Centre, the Duchess of Cambridge is signalling that one of her key focuses will be the care of children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems - problems it is said affects one in 10 of that age group.
The hope among those she met today is that Kate's involvement will help to de-stigmatise a problem and bring light to something which, to a degree, has been in the shadows.