Kate returns to international travel next week with solo trip to Italy
The Princess of Wales is to return to international travel by carrying out her first overseas royal visit since facing cancer.
Kate, who revealed she was in remission at the start of last year, will head to Italy next week on a solo working trip with The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
It is a major milestone for the future queen and is her first extended official foreign trip in nearly three-and-a-half years.
Aides to the princess shared how she was “very much looking forward” to getting back to international travel and said the visit was an important moment in the expansion of the Centre for Early Childhood’s work on a global stage.
Kate last carried out an official overseas visit in December 2022 when she went to Boston, USA, with the Prince of Wales for his Earthshot Prize award ceremony.
She also undertook two brief trips to Marseille, France, for the Rugby World Cup in the autumn of 2023, and went to the Crown Prince of Jordan’s wedding in Amman in June 2023 but these were not considered by her royal household to be official foreign tours.
The princess will visit the city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy for two days from May 13 to May 14 to focus on early years child development.
During her European stay, Kate will learn more about the Reggio Emilia Approach, an educational philosophy which focuses on the idea that children have the potential for self-development.
She will also highlight the importance of nurturing environments and loving relationships to a child’s development.
Published: by Radio NewsHub