Princess Catherine has opened up about a beloved family member following their “sad” passing. The 44-year-old is currently in Italy for a two-day visit on behalf of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
Wrapping up her day in the Italian city on Wednesday, Catherine visited the second municipal pre-school that had adopted the Reggio Emilia approach, the Anna Frank school. At the nursery, which is named after the German-born Jewish girl who famously wrote a diary of her time hiding from the Nazis, Catherine marvelled at the outdoor area that includes a wooden tree house, clay artwork and decorative tree stumps.
Touring the school with Elisa Di Benedetto, a Pedagogista (an educator who helps develop the curriculum), Catherine was led into a classroom to observe a creative session.
Sitting down to join them, Catherine said “ciao” before asking each child what their name was in Italian. She was shown pieces of paper with the children’s animal names written on them. The princess quickly spotted that one of them read “Lupo” – wolf in Italian – and said: “That was the name of our dog, our dog was called Lupo.”