Kate Middleton appears on a children's school trip to National Portrait Gallery
Kate Middleton appears on a children's school trip to National Portrait Gallery
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The Princess of Wales launched the Bobeam Tree Trail at the National Portrait Gallery. The Princess of Wales joined children on a school trip to the National Portrait Gallery in London on Tuesday in her return to public duties following her cancer treatment. Kate, 43, walked hand-in-hand with the children from All Souls CE Primary School as she got off the school bus to mark the opening of a new initiative organised as part of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood’s Shaping Up Framework.
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It was also an opportunity for the princess to launch the Bobeam Tree Trail, an interactive experience designed to foster social and emotional skills for under five-year-olds. The school children journeyed through the Gallery, using portraits as the basis for a range of activities based around a magic tree with colourful leaves. The interactive trail, involving audio recordings and props, saw children helping the Bobeam Tree by taking part in activities to discover the stories of people through portraits.
It will run from Tuesday until 15 March at the National Portrait Gallery and is completely free for children to take part in. According to the Royal Foundation Centre’s website, the skills promoted via the Shaping Up Framework are “fundamental to our future mental and physical well-being, shaping everything from our ability to form positive relationships, to our capacity for learning, working, and coping with adversity.”.
Kate’s visit to the Gallery came on World Cancer Day, the day after she shared a photo of herself to mark the occasion, taken by her son Prince Louis. The photo saw the princess in the woods on a wintry day with her arms stretched out as she smiled at the camera. She captioned the photo: “Don’t forget to nurture all that which lies beyond the disease. C”. Kate revealed that she had finished preventative chemotherapy in September as she shared a video to mark the occasion.
She said: "Although I have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes. I am however looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months when I can.". Kate has since returned to public duties through a number of engagements, including a surprise visit to the Royal Marsden Hospital where she personally thanked staff who looked after her during her cancer treatment.
