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May 5, 2016updated 25 May 2016 9:58am

Duchess of Cambridge pays tribute to children’s paper First News on title’s tenth anniversary

By Freddy Mayhew

Children’s newspaper First News today celebrated its tenth birthday with a tribute from the Duchess of Cambridge and a photo of Prime Minister David Cameron clutching a copy on the front.

The weekly paper, which boasts more than two million young readers, published its first issue in May 2006. In 2013 it supplemented the print edition with an app for mobile and tablet devices that offers added interactive content when hovered over news pages.

In a special message after a decade of publishing, the Duchess offered her “congratulations” to the paper and its readers and wished them “every success” for future editions.

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