The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to attend this year's Children's Global Media Summit on Wednesday (06.12.17).

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

The 35-year-old royal couple - who have four-year-old son Prince George, two-year-old daughter Princess Charlotte, and are expecting their third child together - will head to Manchester next week to attend the event, which will take place at the Central Convention Complex.

And during their forthcoming trip Prince William will present a "key note speech".

The Kensington Palace Twitter account shared the details of the forthcoming ceremony, they tweeted: "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend the Children's Global Media Summit at the Manchester Central Convention Complex on Wednesday 6th December.

"The Duke of Cambridge will give the key note speech at the summit, which brings together experts from around the world to inform and redesign the future of media for this generation. (sic)."

As part of the summit William and other guests will also discuss the impact of digital technology on the lives of youngsters.

A separate post read: "The summit will also explore the impact that digital technology will have in children's futures. (sic)."

William has had a busy week as he has recently jetted off to Helsink in, in Finland, which saw him talk to pilots at Helsinki airport, meet locals at Esplanade Park's Christmas fair, and pass on his son's Christmas list to Father Christmas.

An image of William near the cockpit of a plane, which has been shared on Kensington Palace's Official Instagram account, was captioned: "In the final visit of #RoyalVisitFinland, The Duke met Finnish Airport pilots at Helsinki Airport to learn more about their missions and tasks.

"The Duke spoke to pilots about the special training they receive to fly in the winter weather.

The Duke flew as a rescue pilot with East Anglian Air Ambulance from March 2015 until July 2017. (sic)."