Feb. 6, 2025

Kate Middleton feeds the media and they lap it up

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Kate fed the media by arriving at a royal engagement on a minibus alongside schoolchildren.

Kate visited four- and five-year-old pupils from All Souls CE Primary School in London on their journey to the National Portrait Gallery. The visit marked the launch of the Bobeam Tree Trail, an interactive initiative designed to support children’s social and emotional skills, developed using the Shaping Us Framework from her Royal Foundation for Early Childhood.

The Bobeam Tree Trail is centred around a magical tree that thrives when surrounded by stories, and we invite you to ponder the reaction had Meghan promoted a magical tree that thrives when surrounded by stories.

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Calorogu Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palaceantry Game. Your

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host Mark Francis. Kate Middleton has some parenting advice as

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part of a whopping one hundred and six page report

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from the Royal Foundation's Center for Early Childhood. She lays

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out thirty key life skills kids need, starting with letting

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them wear that filthy beloved T shirt if it makes

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them happy. Kate argues that giving kids a sense of

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control over their lives, whether it's always eating off the

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dinosaur plate or wearing a fireman's hat everywhere, helps build confidence.

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She also pushes for talking to babies in that high

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pitched parentees voice because it actually boosts language skills, and

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when it comes to play, she says kids need just

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the right level of challenge, not too easy, not too hard,

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like some kind of Goldilocks parenting theory report. Kate warns

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that modern life is making people feel isolated and vulnerable,

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and insists we need to invest in humankind to create

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a healthier, more compassionate society. This is all part of

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her Shaping Us campaign, which she launched in twenty twenty

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three and calls her life's work. Kate fed the media

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by arriving at a royal engagement on a minibus alongside

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school children. Kate visited four and five year old pupils

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from All Souls Ce Primary School in London on their

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journey to the National Portrait Gallery. The visit marked the

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launch of the Boubeam Tree Trail, an interactive initiative designed

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to support children's social and emotional skills, developed using the

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Shaping Us framework from her Royal Foundation for Early Childhood.

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The Bobeam Tree Trail is centered around a magical tree

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that thrives when surrounded by stories and we invite you

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to ponder the reaction had Megan promoted a magical tree

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that thrives when surrounded by stories. As part of the experience,

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children were encouraged to explore the expressions of individuals and portraits,

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listen to audio recordings, and engage with props to develop

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an understanding of emotions and storytelling. The Princess joined the

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pupils as they examined how facial expressions conveyed feelings and

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took part in creating self portraits, which they could then

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feed to the tree to help it grow. Meghan was

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notably absent from British Vogue's special issue last year, which

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celebrated the tenure of the then editor in chief, Edward

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Enofel by featuring forty of the one hundred and fifty

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three cover stars from his time at the magazine. The

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Duchess of Sussex, who guest edited the September twenty nine issue,

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was not among those invited to return. Speaking to The Express,

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Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield suggested that Meghan's exclusion may have

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been due to tensions between her and the magazine's editorial team.

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It has been previously reported that Megan clashed with the

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editorial team while guest editing a special edition of British

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Vogue in twenty nineteen. In one meeting, she made staff cringe,

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insisting I want to break the Internet, which is a

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phrase coined by Team Kardashian in twenty fourteen. Meghan sure

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thought highly of herself. Staff at British Vogue were described

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as silently exasperated while trying to follow Meghan's direction. Her

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contributions were described as superficial, lacking rime or reason, and

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sources said that she was never asked to explain herself

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to avoid confrontation. Meanwhile, Megan begged staff to build momentum

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by publicizing her issue online in the weeks leading up

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to its launch. The British Vague team felt like the

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most sophisticated route to go was surprise. Meghan disagreed, and

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someone quietly leaked numerous stories about the issue to tabloids.

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Staff believed the leaker was a contact of Megan's. Meghan's friend,

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Abigail Spencer, spoke to Page six about the recent run

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of anti Sussex articles, saying it's very painful as a friend,

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but she is the most glorious human being on the

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planet and so we just have to get behind her

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and support her. Abigail also promises we will get to

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see the authentic, very cool, very lovely insight Megan has

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once the new Netflix cooking show comes out. Netflix Chief

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Content Officer Bella Baharia is excited about the show, telling

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The Daily Meal, we have Megan's new show coming out,

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which is great. It is such a great take on

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a lifestyle show and showcase for California onon Tocito and nature.

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It really has great takeaways. I was like, oh my god,

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I want to really do that pasta. There are really easy,

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great takeaways on Life. I am really excited about that

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coming out. Baharia also provided an update on another Megan project,

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this the movie adaptation of the novel Meet Me at

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the Lake by author Carli Fortune. Baharia explained, it is

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in development. It is a great book. She had it

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and we are happy to do it and we have

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things in development. Everyone is excited about what is coming

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and I'm really excited for her show. Also in development

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of season two of Megan's podcast, which Someday We'll See

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the Light of Day. Harry and Meghan have issued a

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new statement through their Archwell Foundation encouraging people to learn

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about and reflect on the contributions of black leaders, activists,

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and change makers. The statement reads, at the Archwell Foundation,

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we celebrate the rich culture and contributions of those who

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have come before us throughout history. As we mark Black

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History Month, we encourage everyone to learn and reflect on

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the contribution of leaders, activists, and change makers who have

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inspired progress. Taking the time to appreciate stories, art, history,

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and culture not only honors the communities that have built

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these spaces, but also contributes to our collective well being.

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We as a team have compiled the below list of

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resources and spaces to engage with both this month and always.

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Among the recommended institutions are the California African American Museum

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in Los Angeles, the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco,

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the African American Museum in Dallas, and the Smithsonian National

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Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, d C.

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More powers in just a moment. King Charles and Queen

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Camilla are reportedly said to mark their twentieth wedding anniversary

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in Italy during their first joint overseas visit of the year.

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According to The Mirror, the four day trip will include

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an audience with the Pope and a visit to the

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Sistine Chapel, coinciding with the Vatican's jubilee year. The visit,

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undertaken on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, is

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expected to focus on strengthening post of Brexit relations between

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the UK and Italy. Charles and Camilla, who married in

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a civil ceremony on April ninth, two thousand and five,

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will be celebrating their milestone anniversary while carrying out their

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diplomatic duties. Charles is bringing his environmental passion to Amazon

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Prime in a new documentary about making the world more sustainable,

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rather than focusing on the King himself. The film will

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showcase projects inspired by his twenty ten book Harmony, A

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New Way of Looking at how World, which basically calls

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for a revolution in Howmans treat Nature. A royal source

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told The Times the King is greatly looking forward to

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seeing how the Harmony concept can be communicated to a

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new and international audience, using some of the best creative

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talents in TV. Filming kicked off in January at Dumfries's house,

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charles Scottish estate, and the documentary is set to drop

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next year. It marks a shift from traditional royal documentaries,

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which usually land on BBC or ATV, but Charles seems

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eager to reach a global audience. While he'll make only

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minimal appearances, his ideas will take center stage, like his

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belief that dramatic steps are needed to change how we

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interact with the world. In Harmony, he made his stance clear.

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This is a call to revolution. Revolution is a strong

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word and I use it deliberately. And there you have it.

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