For more news and videos visit ☛ Follow us on Twitter ☛ Add us on Facebook ☛ br The Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William, Catherine Middleton, made her first public speech at a children's hospice facility outside of London.br br Content: It was the Duchess of Cambridge's first public speech since becoming royal.br br An hour outside of London, Kate presided over the opening of the Treehouse hospice facility for children.br br [Catherine (Kate) Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge]:br "You have all made me feel so welcome and I feel hugely honored to be here to see this wonderful center. I am only sorry that William can't be here today. He would love it here. A view of his, that I share...What you do is inspirational; it is a shining example of the support and the care which is delivered not just here but in the Children's Hospice Movement at large, up and down the country. I feel enormously proud to be a part of East Anglia Children’s Hospices and to see the life-changing work you do. Thank you."br br Kate who is the center's royal patron, toured the facility, and spent time visiting with some of the children and staff there.