Kate Middleton.Photo: Tim Rooke/Shutterstock
Kate Middletonhas touched down in Denmark for her first solo overseas tour since 2017.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, arrived in Copenhagen on Tuesday for a two-day visit that will highlight her Early Year Foundation and honorQueen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee year.
Kate’s first stop was to the University of Copenhagen to learn from world-leading researchers running the Copenhagen Infant Mental Health Project (CIMHP),which aims to promote the mental well-being of and relationships between infants and their parents.
Kate Middleton and Emma Hopkins, the British ambassador to Denmark.UK Embassy DK Twitter
The Danish monarch, 81, recentlyrecovered from COVID-19after experiencing mild symptoms.Queen Elizabeth, 95, has also beendiagnosed with coronavirusand is currently experiencing “mild, cold-like symptoms,” according to Buckingham Palace.
Kate MIddleton on Feb. 22.Chris Jackson/Getty Images
The visit is a reminder of the long-standing relationship between the two royal families.
Kate Middleton.CLAUS BECH/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
She then paid a fun visit to the LEGO Foundation Playlab at the University College Copenhagen. And it wasn’t all work and no play for the royal! Kate couldn’t resist taking a turn down a giant slide inside the building.
Kate met with the team leading the Playful Learning Programme, a partnership between the six university colleges in Denmark and the LEGO Foundation with a vision to enhance children’s creative and experimental approach to learning. She then joined a group of students taking part in activities as part of their learning.
Kate Middleton.IDA MARIE ODGAARD/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
During the two days, Kate will spend time learning how Denmark has “created an enabling culture for early childhood development, specifically how it has promoted infant mental wellbeing alongside physical health, and how it harnesses the power of nature, relationships and playful learning in the first five years of life,” Kensington Palace announced.
It is the first time Kate has taken the work of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, which aims to increase awareness of and encourage the best work for the 0-5 age group and their carers, to the international stage.
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At the end of the first day of her tour, Kate posted a video on social media with her takeaways from her first group of outings.
“One of the things that’s really impressed me, because I hear it time and time again, is how the science is being translated here into practice. So all the amazing research that’s out there from neuroscientists and psychologists are actually being translated into tangible language that parents are using on a day-to-day basis,” she said.
The Duchess of Cambridge’s last major overseas tour was alongside her husbandPrince Williamin 2019 during their trip to Pakistan. Her last solo tour was in 2017 when she traveled to Luxembourg. William recently returned from his ownsolo overseas tour to Dubai.
source: people.com
