Kate Middleton Cornwall portraits released by Kensington Palace
Kensington Palace has released new portraits of Princess Kate taken in Cornwall to promote a new initiative focused on the benefits of nature for child development. The release coincides with the Princess's ongoing advocacy for early childhood wellbeing.
Why it matters
The initiative reflects the royal family's efforts to leverage their public platform for social and health-related causes.
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Kensington Palace released three new portraits on Friday, Oct. 16, showing the future queen posing outdoors, her trademark brunette curls flowing past her shoulders.
The images, taken by Josh Shinner in Cornwall on Thursday, Oct.15, were shared as the princess announced a new project celebrating the power of nature and how it can be harnessed to help support young children and babies as they develop and build new life skills.
"New scientific research shows just how important nature is for our physical and psychological wellbeing," the princess said in an Instagram post . "Nature is such an extraordinary environment for us all and, in this tech-driven, digital age, spending quality time outdoors has never been more important," she continued.
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