THE Duchess of Cambridge will become a patron of The Art Room, the children’s charity which uses art therapy to help youngsters with educational difficulties.

The charity, set up in Oxford in 2002, is one of four organisations Kate Middleton announced she will represent as patron.

The others are Action on Addiction, the National Portrait Gallery and East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices.

Founder of The Art Room Juli Beattie said: “This is just fantastic.”