4 February 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nCatherine, Princess of Wales arrived to an official engagement in London on a school bus on Tuesday (04.02.25).<\/p>\n
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Catherine, Princess of Wales arrived at the National Portrait Gallery by coach<\/p>\n
\nThe 43-year-old royal accompanied a group of young children from All Souls Church of England Primary School in Fitzrovia on the short journey to the National Portrait Gallery, walking hand-in-hand with a five-year-old girl named Grace as they made their way into the building.<\/p>\n
\nThe group visited the gallery to help launch a the Bobeam Tree Trail, a new initiative from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood aimed at supporting youngsters with their social and emotional skills.<\/p>\n
\nTeacher Alix Ascough, executive head of the school, also accompanied the 15 kids on the “magical” visit and praise Catherine for her “natural” rapport with the youngsters.<\/p>\n
\nShe told People magazine: “For the children, it was just so magical. It was an awe and wonder moment. They\u2019ve been doing lots of artwork at school, so for them to be able to that within the gallery with the princess was magical. It\u2019s what memories are made of.<\/p>\n
\n“She sat with the children on the coach and chatted with them.<\/p>\n
\n“She was so relaxed and animated, and it just felt really natural. We\u2019ll never have another school trip like that, will we?”<\/p>\n
\nAt once point, Catherine played ‘I Spy’ with the children and was “so interested in the children and was seeing things through their eyes as well and encouraging them to talk about the pictures.”<\/p>\n
\nThe head added: \u201cWe do a lot of work around creativity but also around children\u2019s emotional and mental health and talking about expressions and how we feel so this is all connected. This gives the children some context to explore some of those things.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nCatherine sat with the children in a “cosy nook” and helped with their portraits.<\/p>\n
\nLiz Smith, director of learning and engagement at the National Portrait Gallery, said: “We were absolutely delighted to be a place where the framework could be animated and brought to life.<\/p>\n
\n“It was a regular school trip with a very special person on the bus. That was quite deliberate. It\u2019s planned to be for children, and it can lose that magic if you have that formal launch.<\/p>\n
\n“[The children were] really excited to be with her. But I think her opportunity to get down with them, to make portraits with them, to discover those stories and be one of the adults on a school trip was such a treat…<\/p>\n
\n“They all sat and drew and posted them into a magical cabinet where they disappeared. We might be revealing some of them.”<\/p>\n
\nAnd the princess – who is patron of the gallery – was “naturally nurturing and integrated with the group”.<\/p>\n
\nLiz added: “She was one of the school party, and there was no official presentation. It was as if she was one of the mums, one of the helpers and, as you are on a school trip, you\u2019re learning as you\u2019re walking and making sense of the environment. It was a real treat.”<\/p>\n
\nCatherine praised the way portraiture can help younger children learn about empathy.<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the Telegraph, she said: \u201cIt\u2019s such a great way for children to engage and understand other people\u2019s perspectives in a creative and less intimidating way.<\/p>\n
\n“They don\u2019t have the language yet, but they\u2019re finding ways to talk about emotions and feelings and understand them.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be using portraiture to explore social and emotional skills because I feel it\u2019s such an untapped potential, but also to make it accessible to lots of kids so it\u2019s not just in school but is something that\u2019s embraced by the community.\u201d<\/p>\n
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