Kate Middleton spent time with mothers and babies at HMP Styal on Tuesday, learning how Action for Children supports them in prison. The Princess of Wales
A blazer worn by the Princess of Wales on an engagement to the National Portrait Gallery this week sold out within hours - despite her wish to divert focus from her outfits.
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The Princess chose separates for today's engagement at the National Portrait Gallery. The Princess arrived on a bus with four and five-year-old students from All Souls CE Primary (CE = Church of England). More about the little girl you see holding the Princess's hand from The Daily Mail. While Her Royal Highness bonded and chatted to dozen of pupils, Grace, five, became firm friends with the Princess, clutching her hand as they arrived after they sat together on the bus. Alix Ascough, executive headteacher at All Souls, said: 'Kate had been asked if she would have a partner, and she was sat next to Grace on the coach and Grace had chatted away to her the whole journey.' But the youngster did not know she was holding hands with the future Queen. Victoria Murphy shared a video of the Princess as she arrived with students. The Princess of Wales arrived at the @NPGLondon this morning on a bus with school children. She is highlighting a new exhibition linked to her early years work. pic.twitter.com/5fAgn2N0i1 — Victoria Murphy (@byQueenVic) February 4, 2025 We return to The Daily Mail's coverage talking about little Grace. 'She knew it was a very special visitor,' added Alix. 'We told her she was a princess. She just called her Catherine.' She said of the bus journey: 'The children, they're four or five years old. They're completely oblivious to everything that's happening. 'They were just like, we've got a posh coach with nice lights and aircon and Catherine was wonderful, really chatty with the children. A news release explains that the children were at the Gallery to take part in the Bobeam Tree Trail, which was developed by the Centre for Early Childhood and the Portrait Gallery. The Bobeam Tree Trail leads them on a path through the Gallery, using portraits for a variety of activities that help them use and develop different social and emotional skills. More from The Daily Mirror's story by Russell Myers. The Bobeam Tree Trail, which is based on work by her Royal Foundation for Early Childhood, was created using the Shaping Us Framework, which outlines 30 social and emotional skills that are crucial to living a healthy, happy life at all ages ...The trail is based on a magical tree with beautiful, colourful leaves, which thrives when surrounded by stories. Children were asked to help the tree by discovering the stories of people depicted in the artworks – exploring facial expressions, listening to audio recordings and using props. The Framework was launched this past weekend. In her foreword to a report on the Framework, the Princess wrote the following: To create a physically and mentally healthier society, we must reset, restore, and rebalance… That means taking a profound look at ourselves and our own behaviours, emotions, and feelings. It means getting much better at acting with compassion and empathy towards one another… better understanding how we can protect and build upon what connects and unites us… and acknowledging that society is something we build together, through the actions we take every day. At the heart of all of this is the need for us to develop and nurture a set of social and emotional skills which we must prioritise if we are to thrive. We return to the Daily Mirror article. Bringing together two of her passions, art and early years development, the outing saw her join youngsters in activities designed around portraits to help them to use and develop these important skills... Children were asked to help the tree by discovering the stories of people depicted in the artworks.... The children explored the ways faces can express feelings and emotions. They also drew self-portraits. More from The Telegraph's piece by Hannah Furness. Upstairs in the Ondaatje Wing, the Princess walked past portraits of Winston Churchill and a young King George VI, and discussed how portraiture could help younger children learn about empathy. “It’s such a great way for children to engage and understand other people’s perspectives in a creative and less intimidating way,” she said. “They don’t have the language yet, but they’re finding ways to talk about emotions and feelings and understand them. “I’m really excited to be using portraiture to explore social and emotional skills because I feel it’s such an untapped potential, but also to make it accessible to lots of kids so it’s not just in school but is something that’s embraced by the community.” When the children reach the trail's end, they can feed their pictures to the tree so it grows big and strong. More from Simon Perry's People article. Liz Smith, director of learning and engagement at the National Portrait Gallery, tells PEOPLE, We were absolutely delighted to be a place where the framework could be animated and brought to life.” It was a regular school trip with a very special person on the bus, Smith adds. That was quite deliberate. It’s planned to be for children, and it can lose that magic if you have that formal launch. Smith says the children were really excited to be with her. But I think her opportunity to get down with them, to make portraits with them, to discover those stories and be one of the adults on a school trip was such a treat. The Bobeam Trial is free and runs through March 16. The NPG website is also offering related activities to do at home. While at the Gallery, the Princess met Victoria Siddall, the recently appointed Director of the National Portrait Gallery. She replaces Dr. Nicholas Cullinan, who is now the director of the British Museum. The Sun's Jack Hardwick shared a video of the Princess leaving the Portrait Gallery. Bumped into the Princess of Wales looking beautiful as ever leaving the Royal Portrait Gallery pic.twitter.com/mzVJk13GE4 — Jack Hardwick (@jackhardwick93) February 4, 2025 The Princess posted a personal message on social media after the engagement. Kensington Palace posted a video covering the visit. Working with @earlychildhood to launch the new #ShapingUs framework. The Bobeam Tree Trail is just one example of how organisations can empower children to thrive emotionally and socially. With initiatives like this at the @NPGLondon, the foundation is laid for the next… pic.twitter.com/DZx1npmfOa — The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) February 4, 2025 Now for our look at what Kate wore for today's engagement. It looks like the Princess wore a new brand today: a blazer by Petar Petrov, a Ukrainian-born designer who founded his eponymous label in Vienna in 2009. The label is described as offering Refined Luxury Womenswear with a Taste for the Unexpected. With thanks to Royal British Fashion and Middleton Maven for their speedy ID work on this piece, the Viennese-based brand's Wool-Blend Blazer ($664 on sale) is 50% wool and 50% viscose. It features a nipped-in waist, shoulder pads, jetted front pockets, and a single-button front closure. NOTE FEB 6: I published erroneous information about Petar Petrov. There are two designers with that name. One is the gentleman who founded the Petar Petrov label, the designer of the blazer worn by the Princess on Tuesday. The other is the head designer at Eponine London. My apologies to both men. It's possible the trousers are by Max Mara, the Rea Pinstripe Stretch-Twill Pants ($321). The Rea is made in a blend of wool, cotton, and elastane. The grey trousers have a light brown pinstripe, and they are a high-rise style with a front zipper and side pockets. Thanks again go to Middleton Maven for this ID! We have not yet identified the top worn by the Princess today. We do know she repeated her Russell and Bromley Blade pumps (no longer available). The Princess wore her Halcyon Days bracelet, the Salamander Torque style in Forget-Me-Not ($215, sold out). She also brought back her Bruna Earrings ($60, now sold out) by Sézane. You can download the Shaping Us Framework guide here. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Also today, a delightful picture of the Princess that Prince Louis took! The photo was shared on social media yesterday in advance of World Cancer Day today. Prince Louis, who is just six years old, seems to have a pretty good eye! The second photo used in the post was taken by the Princess with a message added atop the image. A closer look at Prince Louis's photo of his mother, taken this winter in Windsor. It looks like it was taken on a chilly day, with the Princess wrapped up warmly against the elements. The Princess is seen wearing her past-season Barbour X Alexa Chung Elfie Coat (no longer available), a style she was seen wearing a year or two ago at one of the children's football games. The coat is 98% cotton with 2% elastane for stretch and ease of movement. It has an oversized fit with a button front, flap pockets, a collar with detachable trim, a narrow self-belt, and deep flap pockets. She also had on her Penelope Chilvers Tassel Boots ($695). VIDEOS: The Royal Family Channel offers more than eight minutes of coverage of today's engagement in this video. The Times has a bit more than one minute of coverage in this video.
The Princess of Wales chose familiar styles and a few new items for a visit to HMP Styal, a prison and young offender institution for women ages 18 and older. The Princess was there to highlight the importance of strong, loving, and consistent mother and baby relationships to a child’s development, even in the most challenging of environments, per a Kensington Palace news release. The prison is located in Cheshire, roughly 3 hours north of Windsor, and it currently has approximately 400 prisoners. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'OzIleg4rRilmbUiAURtQXQ',sig:'bwzZkbxiPp6fEfokLwVFslGquiy6T7is4JQfEYgT4uo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2198334629',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); During today's visit, the Princess visited a Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) run by Action for Children at the prison. We learn more from the BBC's story by royal correspondent Sean Coughlan. On her fourth official visit to a prison, the princess met women being supported by the Action for Children charity, which runs mother-and-baby units in three prisons in the north of England. The prison hopes that helping new mothers build a strong family connection with their newborns while in jail will reduce the risk of reoffending when inmates are released. While there, she met specialist staff supporting new mothers, and visited a nursery for babies who will have to spend their first formative months inside a jail. The unit at HMP Styal provides a dedicated area for new and expectant mothers, allowing them to live separately from other inmates. There is nursing care and support for both the mothers and their babies - who may spend their first 18 months in prison. The Princess has been Action for Children's patron since 2016. The first portion of today's visit, when the Princess met with four current prisoners who have children, was private. Here you see the Princess with one of the babies recently born at the unit. Rebecca English of The Daily Mail reports that the Princess also met staff and two former inmates to hear about their experiences. Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Y4YROS4URZhhFq-HRI1R7w',sig:'Iy3X0JgG2taH8JW1J5tuFHOf121mZAYLPE2KuAlMTQ4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2198335084',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); More from her Rebecca's Daily Mail story. The women, Donna and Sam, spoke with confidence and conviction about what it had been like to be mothers of young babies in prison. They made clear the treatment they had received had been exceptional and made them even more determined to ensure the lives of their children would be different. Sam, who was at HMP Styal for 14 months, told the princess about the huge range of courses they had been on and how much of a difference it had made to their parenting: ‘It was a safe space. It was run by the charity [Action for Children] and not by the prison regime. So to have that opportunity to step outside of the regime, if only for a few hours, was so important. You could just be a mum. Share ideas about how to be a better parent. I wish I could have done more.’ Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'AF6S_oKuSjlivIwf8vMiwQ',sig:'xamjz890lgaQ-e_ZeKCxyGbx0NHiGUNK4TRNIrl90ec=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2198334760',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Sam added: ‘We are both first time mums and put it this way, we didn’t start the best way. But where we are now is incredible. We got the most out of it we possibly could. We made silly decisions and ended up in this position, but you can’t turn back the clock. So we just stuck with it in here and got as much out of it as we could. There is so much we have done that I wouldn’t necessarily get access to if this hadn’t have happened. ‘ Kate said: ‘it gave you that really focused time to build that bond. ‘ Donna added; ‘We recognise there is a prison sentence that needs to happen. But the support we have received here has made all the difference to the mothers we are. It’s so hard to do it alone, so to be in a community setting within here is amazing. My dream and vision would be for this to be moved into a community setting [outside].’ And from Simon Perry's People piece. Amanda Taylor, Action for Children's Operational Director of Children’s Services, tells PEOPLE that it was an “incredible visit.” We felt very privileged that the princess visited one of our mother and baby units, she says. We consider them our little gems that we don’t always get publicity about. It is incredibly important work that we deliver and for the princess to shine a light on that work was a fantastic opportunity for us. Although the mothers in the unit were nervous, the Princess of Wales made everyone feel incredibly comfortable, Taylor says. She just naturally helped the women to feel relaxed, she explains. One of the women found it hard to talk and she spent some time with her at the end, talking to her one to one. She is very skilled at making people feel comfortable. These are very vulnerable women in a difficult situation.” It looks like the Princess also enjoyed some playtime with a toddler. Now for our look at what Kate wore today. I bet many readers immediately recognized the BLAZÉ Milano coat. As noted in previous posts, the coat is double-breasted, with gathers at the waist, peak lapels, strong shoulders, and the brand’s signature pockets. It was first noted on Christmas Day 2021 when we had just a glimpse of it. It was worn again in mid-January when the Princess visited Royal Marsden Hospital, where she received her chemotherapy treatments. What the Princess wore beneath the coat today is a bit of mystery. As best I can tell, the skirt is new, a knit style in brown. The polo neck (turtleneck in the USA) top looks like it is a maroon or burgundy shade, and it could be the Kiltane Cashmere Polo Neck Jumper ($205) worn several times before by the Princess. It's tough to tell without more photos, and it's possible the ribbing at the neckline is different. Below, you see the top when worn to the Royal Marsden in January, paired with the BLAZÉ Milano coat. The skirt is a ribbed knit that appears to be a midi length from what we can see in the photos. Several of us are looking for it; I will update the post if the skirt is identified. UPDATE FEB 11 8:30 PM: With thanks to Princess of Wales Closet on X, it looks like the Princess wore Sézane's Naelle Skirt ($125 on sale) in chocolate brown. The skirt is a blend of 53% merino wool and 47% organic cotton with an elastic waist. The skirt is offered in a variety of colors. This is a style the Princess has worn before in another color, seen below when she visited Nottingham in October 2023. We saw the return of the Princess's bespoke suede boots by Gianvito Rossi. They are similar to the Glen style shown below ($1850), although the Princess's style has a more sharply pointed toe than the Glen. The Princess debuted a new pair of earrings that very much look like the Pearl Earrings in 18K Gold ($1260) from Katherine James Jewelry, with thanks to Carly at Kate Middleton Style for her speedy ID. This is a vintage style with pearl clusters set in 18K gold; each earring showcases five pearls. Katherine James Jewellery offers a selection of modern, vintage, and antique fine jewelry located in London's jewelry quarter. The company says, Sustainability is at the heart of what we do. From responsibly sourced materials to embracing lab-grown diamonds as stunning, eco-conscious alternatives, we strive to reduce our environmental impact without compromising on quality or brilliance.
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