The Duchess of Cambridge has joined forces with CBeebies to support Children's Mental Health Week, and is set to read The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson for the Bedtime Stories programme, 'to align with this year's theme of growing together', on February 13.

Patricia Hidalgo, Director of BBC Children's and Education, commented 'I couldn’t be more proud to have The Duchess read a CBeebies Bedtime Story as we mark the 20th anniversary of our CBeebies and CBBC channels. It’s such a special and relevant tale and perfectly represents this year's Children’s Mental Health Week theme. I can’t wait to see her deliver her own take on such a classic story and I’m sure our audience can’t either'.