The official visits made by members of the British royal family, especially the youngest, usually leave many surprising moments, unpublished photographs and anecdotes. On Tuesday, February 22, Kate Middleton, wife of William of England, flew to Denmark to face a two-day official visit to the country focused on the importance of mental health in children, one of the issues on which she is most focused and in which he puts more efforts, and where in just a few hours he has left curious images.
On the first day of her visit, Catalina, 40, dressed in a red Zara blazer in a nod to the country’s flag, visited the Copenhagen Children’s Museum, as well as the city’s university and specifically a center for children’s mental health at an early age that depends on it and where the well-being of parents and children and the emotional development of children at different times of childhood are promoted. There the Duchess of Cambridge contacted experts, but also parents and their babies who are part of the program. Hence, in an informal chat when she finished the date, Kate commented that she felt very “maternal”, something that she claims she often does when she has small children around her.
The mother of Jorge, Carlota and Luis (eight, six and three years old, respectively) joked that her husband, Prince William, knows of his weakness for babies and what he feels when he is with them. “They provoke a strong maternal instinct in me. Guillermo is always worried when I have encounters with babies less than a year old. He came home saying: ‘We are going to have another one”. In fact, the anecdote already happened last month when they both visited Lancashire and Kate picked up a girl for a photo, to which the surrounding public released a generalized “ooooh” and after which Guillermo joked with: “ Don’t give my wife any more ideas.” Among the laughter of the people, when Kate returned the little girl to her parents, who has been her husband for 10 years, she commented: “Don’t take her away…”.
After her visit to that center, and also within the campus facilities, Kate was in the PlayLab (something like a games laboratory) of the Lego Foundation, where she learned details about the importance of learning linked to play and how this It can help manage emotions. And there she left one of the most curious prints of the day, by throwing herself down the metal slide that presides over that PlayLab. Kate managed to land quite gracefully and rise to laughter and applause. “I had to,” she hears her say, amused.
On her second day in the country, the Duchess has attended a nursery school that enhances children’s connection with nature. The duchess has been seen around a bonfire with the little ones, who have also shown her how they cut logs.
Just a few hours later, Kate has shed the field boots, jeans and thick sweater that she has worn to protect herself from the barely six degrees that it was in the morning in the Danish capital and has changed it for a black dress with gloves and matching bag, an elegant coat by Emilia Wickstead and heels of the same tone to meet Mary of Denmark, 50 years old and wife of Federico, the heir to the throne. Mary has received her in the courtyard of the Amalienborg Palace, where both were going to have lunch together, and then they have gone to greet Queen Margarita, already recovered from the coronavirus, which she contracted at the beginning of February.
Margarita has wanted to have a twinning detail with the United Kingdom and has received Catalina, inside Amalienborg, in the so-called palace of Cristian IX, who reigned for 42 years and was the great-grandfather of the Danish sovereign —who has just turned 50 in the throne—and in turn of Queen Elizabeth II of England—who celebrates her 70th reign. “The family bond between these two royal families goes back many years,” explained the Danish royal house, in a text accompanied by some images where the good harmony between the queen and the two heiresses has been seen. The visit ended with Mary and Kate going together to a care center for children who have been victims of gender violence and which is supported by the Princess Mary Foundation.
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