William and Kate the happy campers! Prince and Princess of Wales help children prepare food around a campfire as they visit primary school on latest royal trip

The Prince and Princess of Wales helped children prepare food around a campfire today during a royal visit to a primary school.

William and Kate felt immediately at home when they took action at a Forest School in Hereford, where pupils attend school once a week to learn in a woodland environment.

Run by Madley Primary School, it also offers children the opportunity to be taught about important issues such as environmental awareness, nature conservation and forest management.

The Waleses, who were given books for their children, George, Charlotte and Louis, upon arrival, took part in skimming the bark from tree trunks before squatting down and using a saw to make a tree hole.

But there were laughs when an enthusiastic William accidentally knocked a branch off the study while inspecting it, before hastily putting it back in place.

Before leaving the site, they told staff and students: ‘More schools need to be given the opportunity to do things like this.’

The royal couple received books as a gift from the school for their children, George, Charlotte and Louis, and also helped the students prepare for a campfire

William and Kate helped children prepare food around a campfire today as they visited a primary school during their latest royal tour

The Prince and Princess of Wales attend Madley Primary School’s Forest School in Hereford, where each pupil attends once a week to learn National Curriculum subjects in a woodland setting

The royal couple clutched branches as they dived into activities in Hereford

There was laughter when an enthusiastic William accidentally knocked a branch off the study while inspecting it, before hastily putting it back in place

The Duchy of Cornwall and Madley Primary School have been partners in the Forest School initiative for the past twelve years. The Duchy has provided Madley Primary School with a woodland site in Brampton Hill Wood, allowing the Forest School to take place in Hereford.

In subsequent years, due to the expansion of the school, the woodland area offered by the Duchy has increased, along with the facilities available.

After visiting the school, William and Kate will head to Kings Pitt Farm where they will meet the Duchy of Cornwall’s tenant farmers, Sam and Emily Stables.

After struggling with their own mental wellbeing and seeing the stigma surrounding mental health in the farming sector, Sam and Emily founded We Are Farming Minds, a charity dedicated to supporting the mental health of farmers in rural communities across the province .

It provides farmers in Herefordshire with fully funded access to a range of services including counselling, a 24-hour phone and text support line, free mental health workshops and social events throughout the year to help break feelings of isolation.

The Duchy of Cornwall is working closely with We are Farming Minds to enhance its new mental health strategy, which provides ongoing mental health care to all its tenants, with a specific focus on tenants in rural and more isolated communities.

Their appearances today come amid claims that The deep rift between Prince Harry and his family casts a shadow over the Invictus Games.

The Duke of Sussex’s time with the army in Afghanistan inspired him to launch the sporting event in 2014, but William and Kate were central to its initial success.

The couple’s now-defunct foundation, which they formed with the duke, gathered sponsors and spent huge sums of money to get Invictus up and running.

Nine years ago, Harry, his father and brother stood as united as they did attended the opening ceremony and several events at the games London – but the new king and his heir have had no involvement since Harry met Meghan.

Despite Harry’s passion for Invictus, which continues to grow, officials say there are plenty of available seats at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf. Some believe the involvement of King Charles, William and Kate would change that.

The Waleses have both been to the Rugby World Cup in France in the past week, while Charles and Queen Camilla and other senior royals have been to the Highland Games.

A Team GB insider said The Daily Telegraph: ‘The athletes think it’s bizarre, but don’t want to get caught in the royal crossfire.’

This year’s games in Germany are the largest ever, involving 22 countries and more than 500 athletes. Harry was there from start to finish, joined in the applause, danced in the crowd and joked about drinking beer at the end of the day.

He was cheerful in the days before Meghan arrived, high-fiving children and singing Sweet Caroline.

But there is no word from his family in Britain.

Palace sources reportedly say that members of the royal family never interfere with the professional endeavors of others, and that they do not expect the duke to express support for William’s Earthshot Prize, for example.

A critic of Harry said: ‘Harry has never supported any of (the) latest (of) William’s projects, not Earthshot when he is president of African Parks and climate change advocate… but they insist that William must support Invictus . I’m so tired of this nonsense.’