This footage was filmed and produced 14 September 2023.

The Prince and Princess of Wales went back to nature cutting branches and whittling wood in a forest school for primary school children.

William and Kate chatted to youngsters from Madley Primary School, near Hereford, which views open-air learning as an essential part of the day-to-day curriculum and a way of boosting the physical and mental well-being of pupils.

Kate held down a small log so William, who wore gloves and protective glasses, could saw it in half for a group of youngsters making a den during their woodland class.

But she turned down the offer of a pair of workman’s gloves, saying her fingers were “stuck” together, in reference to two of her digits on her right hand being strapped together after she injured them in a trampoline accident.

The couple also sat around a campfire as the children roasted what William dubbed the “healthy version of marshmallows” – pieces of apple dipped in cinnamon and sugar.