The Princess of Wales returned “buzzing” from her trip to Italy promoting the early years development of children and has become a “pro” on the subject, her husband says.
Prince William discussed Kate’s first official foreign tour in more than three years during an appearance on Heart radio’s breakfast show.
He said his wife is “edging herself back” into doing more overseas visits following her successful cancer treatment but cautioned royal trips take their toll, so they have to “make sure she’s okay and rested”.
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There was also a personal tribute to Kate from her husband, who said: “She’s an amazing mum and an amazing wife and literally our family couldn’t cope without her so she’s been absolutely stunning, really has”.
William appeared live on the breakfast show, broadcast from a cafe on the Isles of Scilly where the prince will later visit the Isles of Scilly Hospital to meet staff, patients and open a new facility which has increased medical capacity to the isles.
In a wide-ranging interview, the prince joked about doing the school run, his love of dance music and how he still follows his late grandmother the queen’s rule for making scones – cream first then jam.
Asked if he is proud of Kate’s successful visit to Italy, William replied: “So proud, very, very proud. She’s been amazing.
“She’s been through so much in the last couple of years, particularly. She’d been looking forward to the Italian trip a lot, and so I’m really glad it went really well.”
Kate received a rapturous welcome from the people of the Italian city of Reggio Emilia where she learnt about an innovative approach to teaching young children pioneered in the city.
William added: “She wanted to go and do lots of research, she spends God knows how much time now looking through all the paperwork.
“She’s a proper pro on early years, and so most evenings I’m fighting to get past in the bedroom … all the paperwork that she’s got lined up ready to read.
“I’m so pleased it went well for her, and yeah I think she came back buzzing.”
An aide to the princess last week described the trip as a “huge moment” for Kate, who has experienced a cancer diagnosis and success treatment since she travelled to the United States more than three years ago.
William and Kate’s last major lengthy tour together was their trip to the Caribbean in March 2022 to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, before they spent three days in Boston in December 2022 for the prince’s Earthshot Prize ceremony.
As the Duke of Cornwall, William was quizzed about the way he eats scones, as people in Cornwall traditionally have their scones with a layer of jam then cream but controversially he said he enjoyed them the Devon way – cream first then jam.
He replied: “I love that I’m the authority on the scones, I can only tell you what I learned from my grandmother, and she would definitely, she would have the cream on first.”
