Duchess of Cambridge reveals Prince Louis 'doesn't understand social distancing' and wants to 'cuddle everything'

The Duchess of Cambridge has revealed the one thing little Prince Louis has been struggling with amid lockdown.

Kate Middleton told parents Kerry and Darren, who have a two-year-old son, Dexter, that despite the coronavirus pandemic her own two-year-old son wants "to cuddle everything".

"I was just saying, Louis doesn't understand social distancing. So he goes out wanting to cuddle everything, particularly any babies younger than him," the 38-year-old said in a segment aired on BBC Breakfast.

The mother-of-three recently spoke to families who were involved in testing out the Tiny Happy People initiative – a new digital educational resource.

In a tent built on the grounds of the Queen's Sandringham Estate, the Duchess spoke with Kerry, Darren and Dexter as well as Ryan and his daughter Mia (eight months old); Henrietta, Abu and their daughter Amirah (eleven months old) about using the resource and what impact it's had on their kids.

Ryan told the Duchess the resource had helped him identify that Mia has five different cries, something that was music to the royal mum's ears.

"It's information like that I wish I had had as a first-time mum, it's gold dust really for families to be given those tips and tools to be able to use, particularly in those first five years," Kate said.

Over the past eight years, the royal has been focusing on the early years, recognising the significance of childhood development and support for parents as they support their kids between the newborn stage and going off to school.

It's something that the Duchess said resonated personally when she became a first-time mum to Prince George, now seven.

"So much focus, particularly during pregnancy and when you've just had a newborn baby, is on the physical development of your baby ... But what I think is really missing, what I found was missing too, was the support there on how to help their social and emotional development," Kate told presenter Louise Minchin.

"You know, how do you interact with a newborn baby? What is it that you should be doing? Not perhaps with ... In the first few months there's a huge amount of support from midwives and health visitors and things, but from then onwards there's a massive gap before they then start school and it's that bit (where) I think you really need the support."

The Duchess has been involved in the Tiny Happy People project for a number of months and was involved in a creative workshop in London last November, working with the team on video resources and social media content.