Taylor Swift has left sick kids starstruck after a surprise visit to Brisbane’s Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital.

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The US pop singer, in Queensland for almost a week, spent time at the bedsides of young patients, with Children’s Health Queensland tweeting a photo late on Tuesday of her posing with one very happy teenager.

Swift has been in Queensland while new partner Tom Hiddleston prepares for his role as Loki in the new movie Thor: Ragnarok, which is being filmed on the Gold Coast.