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The Princess of Wales<\/a> received a rapturous welcome in Italy<\/a> as she returned to foreign royal tours for the first time in three years, in what was described by aides as a \u201csignificant moment\u201d.<\/p>\n Chants of \u201cKate, Kate, Kate\u201d rang out around a piazza in Reggio Emilia<\/a> after she was welcomed by mayor Marco Massari and received his city\u2019s highest honour \u2013 Primo Tricolore \u2013 during a town hall ceremony.<\/p>\n It recognised her efforts promoting the early years development of children, a subject which prompted her visit to learn more about an innovative approach to teaching youngsters pioneered in Reggio Emilia.<\/p>\n After Mr Massari read out Kate\u2019s early years credentials during a short ceremony, the princess put her hand on her heart and said: \u201cWow, what an honour. I\u2019m very grateful, it\u2019s very gratefully accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n For more than a decade childhood development has been central to the future queen\u2019s public work and the visit comes after Kate recently launched a new resource, for people working with youngsters and their families, from her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.<\/p>\n She has travelled to speak to practitioners and parents involved in the Reggio Emilia Approach, recognised across the globe, that stresses the importance of the parents, educators and environment \u2013 \u201cthe third teacher\u201d \u2013 that surround a child.<\/p>\n Kate first arrived to screams, whoops and shouts of \u201cbellissima\u201d and told the mayor the warm welcome had left her \u201cemotional, seeing everyone\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cAww, thank you,\u201d she told him, putting her hand on her heart and looking around at hundreds of people.<\/p>\n