WATCH: Princess Beatrice visits Staffordshire school

The Duke of York's eldest daughter, who has raised eyebrows with her many trips abroad recently, was carrying out her royal duties at Maple Hayes Dyslexia School in Lichfield.

Dressed in a teal frock and a tailored black jacket, the 26-year-old was greeted yesterday by a group of flag-waving children who had waited outside the school for her.

She took a tour of the school and spoke to the pupils, opening up about her own struggles as a child growing up with dyslexia.

She also opened a new conservatory at Maple Hayes which was renamed after her and signed the visitors book, as well as unveiling a plaque in the new conservatory.

Her Royal Highness echoed Ofsted's rating of Maple Hayes Dyslexia School by describing the teaching as 'outstanding'.

Headmaster Dr Daryl Brown said: "We are proud to show Princess Beatrice around our school and show her the important work we do."

During her visit to Staffordshire, she also popped into Ormiston Horizon Academy, in Chell, Stoke to open new buildings.

It was the second engagement in less than five days for the young royal, who on Friday was in Reading to open the town's Talbot Memorial Garden.

Princess Beatrice has long championed children's educational causes and is herself dyslexic.

School founder Neville Brown said the space opened by the royal will be a great asset to ensuring pupils at the school can all eat together and felt included as opposed to the exclusion many youngsters with dyslexia often faced in their early life.