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Catherine to return to overseas visits with Italy trip
Key takeaways
- This will be Catherine's first royal visit overseas for more than three years The Princess of Wales will travel to Italy next week on her first official overseas engagement for more than three years.
- She will visit the historic northern city of Reggio Emilia, her first overseas royal trip since undergoing cancer treatment - with her last being Boston in the US in December 2022, accompanying Prince William.
- Catherine's solo trip, on 13 and 14 May, will support her campaign for early childhood education, with the princess "fact finding" about the Italian city's distinctive approach to early years learning.
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Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters. This will be Catherine's first royal visit overseas for more than three years The Princess of Wales will travel to Italy next week on her first official overseas engagement for more than three years.
She will visit the historic northern city of Reggio Emilia, her first overseas royal trip since undergoing cancer treatment - with her last being Boston in the US in December 2022, accompanying Prince William.
Catherine's solo trip, on 13 and 14 May, will support her campaign for early childhood education, with the princess "fact finding" about the Italian city's distinctive approach to early years learning.
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