{"id":15786,"date":"2026-05-13T19:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/15786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:53:50","slug":"ciao-kate-thousands-greet-princess-of-wales-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/15786\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ciao Kate’: Thousands greet Princess of Wales in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, arrived in Italy Wednesday to kick off her first solo international trip<\/a> outside of the United Kingdom since her cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Thousands lined the plaza and watched from windows at Piazza Prampolini in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, with some holding signs like “Ciao Kate” to see and greet the princess.<\/p>\n

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Remo Casilli\/Reuters – PHOTO: Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, interacts with a baby after visiting Reggio Emilia town hall during a two-day visit to the region, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

The princess was seen speaking with the mayor of Reggio Emilia and local Italian school children before she entered the town hall for meetings.<\/p>\n

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Marco Bertorello\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales is presented with the ‘Primo Tricolore’, the city’s highest honor, in recognition of her early years work by the mayor of Reggio Emilia, Marco Massari at Reggio Emilia’s town hall in Italy, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

After leaving the town hall, she also stopped to speak in Italian with schoolchildren and well-wishers.<\/p>\n

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Phil Noble\/Reuters – PHOTO: People gather ahead of the arrival of Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, for a two-day visit to the region, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Remo Casilli\/Reuters – PHOTO: Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, interacts with a baby after visiting Reggio Emilia town hall during a two-day visit to the region, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

The princess is visiting Reggio Emilia until Thursday to support The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, an organization she founded in 2021 that focuses on early childhood development.<\/p>\n

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Remo Casilli\/Reuters – PHOTO: Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, speaks to children as she arrives at Piazza Prampolini, as part of a two-day visit to the region, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Marco Bertorello\/Pool\/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales is welcomed by children as she arrives at Reggio Emilia town hall during a two-day visit in Italy, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

The trip is centered on Reggio Emilia because it is known for its “approach to early childhood education,” according to Kensington Palace. Kate is expected to meet with educators, parents, children and community leaders.<\/p>\n

Princess Kate steps out ahead of 1st solo international trip since cancer diagnosis<\/a><\/p>\n

The last time the princess traveled solo outside of the U.K. was in 2022 when she visited Denmark.<\/p>\n

Kate first went public with her cancer diagnosis in March 2024, a month after King Charles III, her father-in-law, announced his own cancer diagnosis publicly.<\/p>\n

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The princess has not revealed the type of cancer she was diagnosed with or the subsequent treatment she had, except to say she underwent “a course of preventative chemotherapy,” at the advice of her medical team.<\/p>\n

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Marco Bertorello\/AP – PHOTO: Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, waves as she arrives at the town hall, part of a two-day trip, in Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n

Kate announced in January 2025 she was in remission following treatment and would make a gradual return to her royal duties. She has since attended and participated in various events and outings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catherine, the Princess of Wales, arrived in Italy Wednesday to kick off her first solo international trip outside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11459,9959,5,3636,11727,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-15786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-italy","8":"tag-cancer-diagnosis","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-italy","11":"tag-reggio-emilia","12":"tag-town-hall","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15786","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=15786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}