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The Princess of Wales’ Year in Review: February

February 1st - The Princess of Wales posted a tweet before the opening match of the Six Nations: Good luck to Steve, Maro and everyone involved with @EnglandRugby for your opening game of @SixNationsRugby against Ireland. C February 2nd - The Shaping Us Framework, which contained a foreword by the Princess of Wales, was released February 3rd - Kensington Palace released a personal tweet from Catherine to mark World Cancer Day: Don't forget to nurture all that which lies beyond the disease. It was accompanied by a new photograph of Catherine (taken by Prince Louis) and a quote from Catherine overlayed on a picture of ferns taken by the Princess February 4th - The Princess of Wales, Joint Patron of the Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales, and Patron of the National Portrait Gallery, visited the National Portrait Gallery February 11th - The Princess of Wales, Patron of Action for Children, visited HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Styal Mother and Baby Unit February 13th - Catherine, William, George, Charlotte, Louis and Carole Middleton departed for Saint Lucia for a short break in Mustique February 14th - Kensington Palace made a rare acknowledgement of Valentine's Day with a photograph clipped from last years' September video February 17th - Kensington Palace tweeted four drawings, made by Catherine, George, Charlotte and Louis, to promote the findings of the Royal Foundation's Centre for Early Childhood February 26th - The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Pontypridd Market. They afterwards visited residents in Sion Street, Pontypridd, who have been affected by flooding. The Prince and Princess of Wales later visited Meadow Street Community Garden

[world-of-wales]

THE PRINCESS DIARIES ♚

4 FEBRUARY 2025 | LONDON : SHAPING US × NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

The Princess of Wales visited her patronage, the National Portrait Gallery in London to launch a new project from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood aimed at supporting young children in the development of crucial social and emotional skills.

The interactive Bobeam Tree Trail is based on a magical tree, which has grown inside the NPG and all that is known about this rare and unusual tree, which has colourful leaves, is that it thrives when surrounded by stories. The children are asked to help the Bobeam Tree by taking part in activities around the Gallery to discover the stories of people through portraits.

This is the first project to be created based on the new Shaping Us Framework and it aims to increase awareness and understanding of society’s social and emotional skills.

She was joined by a group of four and five-year-old school children on the trail during which they spent time together exploring how faces can express feelings and emotions. She also accompanied the kiddies as they drew self-portraits, an exercise to encourage them to think about their own stories.

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales joined a group of school children at the National Portrait Gallery to launch a new project from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood called The Bobeam Tree Trail | February 4 2025

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

"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 something that's embraced by the community."

The Princess of Wales

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

"It's such a great way for children to engage and understand other people's perspectives in a creative and less intimidating way. They don't have the language yet, but they're finding ways to talk about emotions and feelings and understand them. It's really interesting when you look at young people's mental health, there is not much discussion about knowing yourself and actually that lays the foundations around relationships. But also recognising your emotions and managing complex emotions, anger, fear, jealousy - emotions that are not spoken about - and to normalise it."

The Princess of Wales

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales visited the National Portrait Gallery along with children from All Souls Primary to launch a new initiative developed from the Shaping Us Framework, known as the Bobeam Tree Trail, which is focused on helping young children develop essential social and emotional skills | February 4 2025

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales visited the National Portrait Gallery along with children from All Souls Primary to launch a new initiative developed from the Shaping Us Framework, known as the Bobeam Tree Trail, which is focused on helping young children develop essential social and emotional skills | February 4 2025

[princesscatherinemiddleton]

The Princess of Wales visited the National Portrait Gallery along with children from All Souls Primary to launch a new initiative developed from the Shaping Us Framework, known as the Bobeam Tree Trail, which is focused on helping young children develop essential social and emotional skills | February 4 2025