{"id":13802,"date":"2026-05-07T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/13802\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:17:00","slug":"where-is-kate-middleton-going-on-her-first-trip-abroad-since-her-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/13802\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is Kate Middleton Going on Her First Trip Abroad Since Her Cancer Diagnosis?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Princess of Wales is returning to the international spotlight. On Wednesday, Kensington Palace announced that Catherine is heading to Reggio Emilia, Italy, for a special tour next week. Her two-day visit, from May 13\u201314, will focus on supporting causes in early childhood development, one of her most personal royal projects.<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll make the trip solo, carrying the banner of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, which she launched in 2021 to highlight the importance of children\u2019s early years. This will be Kate\u2019s first overseas tour since attending the 2022 Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston with Prince William. It\u2019s also her first international visit since revealing her cancer diagnosis in March 2024.<\/p>\n

Reggio Emilia, a city in northern Italy, is the birthplace of the \u201cReggio Emilia Approach.\u201d This educational philosophy, developed after World War II, focuses on creativity, teamwork, emotional growth, and how children connect with the world. During her stay, Kate will meet with teachers, families, children, and local leaders to see this approach in action within classrooms and the community.<\/p>\n

She made a similar excursion to Denmark in 2022, her last solo trip abroad, where she learned more about the country\u2019s framework for children\u2019s education.<\/p>\n

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In February 2022, Kate spent time with an outdoor kindergarten class in Denmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Princess is very much looking forward to visiting Italy next week and seeing first-hand how the Reggio Emilia approach creates environments where nature and loving human relationships come together to support children\u2019s development,\u201d a Kensington Palace spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n

This is the latest chapter in Kate\u2019s ongoing work in early childhood causes. After announcing her remission<\/a> in early 2025, she\u2019s been making a steady return to public life, attending royal events and continuing her advocacy for childhood development and mental health.<\/p>\n

Ahead of her Italy trip, Kate visited the University of East London to launch Foundations for Life: A Guide to Social and Emotional Development, a new resource from her Centre for Early Childhood. In the introduction, she highlights the importance of connection in today\u2019s fast-paced digital world, writing: \u201cBy age 5, our brains have already grown to 90% of their adult size, a period during which they form more than a million new connections every second.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kate learned about children\u2019s social and emotional development during her stop at the University of East London on May 6.<\/p>\n

Kate\u2019s upcoming tour will be her first official visit to Italy as Princess of Wales. But the country already holds special meaning to her, as she studied Italian in Florence during a gap year before starting university.<\/p>\n

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Brea Cubit is an award-winning journalist who covers culture, entertainment, fashion, business, and more. When she\u2019s not writing and editing, she enjoys listening to live music, binge-watching nostalgic TV, and shopping at artisan markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read The Princess of Wales is returning to the international spotlight. On Wednesday, Kensington Palace announced…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[637,10114,639,9797,5,638,643,10113],"class_list":{"0":"post-13802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-519e977f-7dbc-4cc0-a186-6531c754fe32","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-issyndicated-false","12":"tag-italy","13":"tag-locale-us","14":"tag-read_time-2","15":"tag-shorttitle-all-the-details-about-kate-middletons-italy-trip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}