The Princess of Wales rocked business chic in a blue blazer and dark trousers as she stepped out in Windsor today.
Kate, 41, stayed close to home for her first royal engagement after half term when she visited the Windsor Family Hub.
The mother-of-three opted for a gingham blue Reiss blazer and flat pumps from Boden when she arrived at the Windsor site for the Family Hub, a nationwide network.
She layered the blazer over a white top and let her dark brown locks hang loosely over her shoulders.
Kate opted for light makeup to accentuate her natural beauty, with a touch of blusher, a little eyeliner and a nude lip.
Kate means business! The Princess of Wales, 41, arrived at the Windsor Family Hub in a Reiss blazer
During her visit, the princess, who is passionate about improving early childhood development and has set up the Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood, will hear from parents who have been supported by the hub.
The Windsor Family Hub is run by Achieving for Children, a non-profit organization that provides services for children in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Its services support children, parents and carers through its family hubs, with both universal and more tailored help available.
While visiting the hub today, Kate spends time with a number of different groups that are currently using her services.
These include people taking part in a stress management course, health visitor sessions, and baby massages.
Launched early this year through The Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood, the Princess’s Shaping Us campaign aims to improve the lives of young people by focusing on enhancing their earliest experiences.
The Princess has traveled to the Hub in Berkshire, close to home, where she will learn more about how the center supports parents, carers and children in the area
The princess paired her blue plaid blazer with cigarette-style navy trousers and Boden flat pumps
The mother of three wore her dark brown locks down, parted to the side and hanging over her shoulders
Kate opted for light makeup to enhance her natural beauty, opting for a touch of blusher, a little eyeliner and a nude lip
Kate’s work on the campaign has taken her across the country this year, even to the boardroom to get companies on board.
In March, she visited NatWest Bank’s headquarters in the City of London, where some of the UK’s biggest companies – NatWest, Unilever, Aviva, Deloitte, IKEA, Co-op, The LEGO Group and Iceland – gathered for a royal round. table worth billions.
Describing the early years as a “golden opportunity to transform our future life outcomes,” she told the assembled leaders it was time to think “radically” to create a workforce that is “resilient and flexible and capable of deal with differences’. others’ because ‘the healthy development of our children depends on healthy adults’.
She said, “We need the ability and capacity to be self-aware enough to manage our own behaviors and actions, to build meaningful relationships with each other.
“We need to have the ability to handle things like stress and conflict, adapt to change and stay motivated when faced with challenges.
“This stems from our social and emotional skills, the foundation of which is laid in childhood.”
The princess emphasized that individual relationships and connections are “essential to collaboration and a core element of your company’s culture and functionality.”
The princess, who is a mother of three, showed her natural affinity for children when she escorted a young girl who wore a floral top that read “sweet”
During her visit, the princess hears from staff at the center as well as parents and carers who have been supported
The royal family said there was not enough emphasis on building environments that nurture social and emotional skills.
That same month, her crusade took her to the frozen aisle of Iceland when she visited a branch of the supermarket giant in Aylesbury, Bucks, where she chatted with chairman Richard Walker.
During a conversation filmed for the Instagram account of the Prince and Princess of Wales, she discussed with Mr Walker how companies can support children and their carers to build the foundations of essential employability skills ‘in the first years of our lives’.
In the clip, Kate tells Mr. Walker, “You hear over and over again that these soft skills, you know, the creativity, the collaboration, the critical thinking, the flexibility, the resilience.
“You know, these are things that you would hear that companies are looking for and it’s really interesting to see how, actually, so often, the foundations for those skills are laid in the earliest years of our lives.”
Mr Walker added: ‘Watching the Shaping Us campaign and reading some of the science behind it really challenged my thinking and made me think about what else we can do, personally as a parent, but also as a company.’
A nodding, smiling Kate added, “That’s the point, is that so many of your employees but also customers, their parents, their grandparents, we all know it’s important to take care of their well-being because those are the people who raise children today.’