The Duchess of Cambridge has told families and volunteers at a children's centre for struggling parents that she is expecting her second child to arrive by the "mid-to-end" of April.
Kate on Wednesday visited Brookhill Children's Centre in Woolwich, southeast London, where she attended a coffee morning before watching a training session for volunteers and visiting an on-site creche.
Wearing a STG35 ($A67.75) blue and white Asos maternity dress with black shoes, she chatted with families supported by the Home Start charity, which runs the centre, and some of its network of 15,000 volunteers.
Volunteer Christie Osborne, 49, was among those the Duchess spoke to at the coffee morning.
Ms Osborne said: "I told her she is beautiful and that she's got a tiny little bump. I asked when her baby is due and she said mid-to-end of April."
Kate was showered with gifts during the visit, which will be one of her last engagements before she gives birth.
She laughed as Ayo, a three-year-old boy in the centre's creche, presented her with a card made by children as he exclaimed "Ta-da!"
Agnieszka Cierpol, who works with Ayo at the centre, said: "He comes in every day for three hours.
"He's a very bright child and from the beginning he could talk.
"Most of the children here have problems - they can't speak or they have issues with their social skills - but he is very smart."
Kate also received a goodie bag for Prince George, embroidered with his name and a bouquet of flowers.
Home Start, which was set up in 1973, recruits and trains volunteers to support parents with at least one child under the age of five.
The charity helps more than 29,000 families each year who are dealing with issues including isolation, mental health problems, bereavement, multiple births, illness or disability.
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