Overview
- The two-day visit to Reggio Emilia, which concluded Thursday, marked her first official overseas work since she disclosed cancer in March 2024 and centered on early‑years practice.
- Catherine promoted her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood and introduced an online guide titled Foundations for Life that targets people who work with babies, toddlers and families.
- She met educators behind the Reggio Emilia approach, a child‑led model that puts relationships, nature and creative spaces at the core of learning, and received the city’s Primo Tricolore honor.
- Highly shared images showed her making tortelli with local chefs, a soft‑diplomacy moment that capped meetings with families, teachers and community leaders who joined a closing lunch.
- Separately, UK tabloids report King Charles’s private secretary Theo Rycroft is trying to restart contact between William and Harry, who have reportedly had no direct talks since September 2022, while William said their children do not yet have phones as he and Catherine stay strict on screens.