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  "textContent": "\n\n\nToday, Catherine met youngsters taking part in brain development research, continuing her dedication to early childhood development.\n\nThe Princess of Wales, 44, visited the University of East London on Wednesday, where she was introduced to young children using new and different brain recording techniques.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nCatherine stepped out in a pale-coloured, wide-leg suit over a crisp white shirt, accompanied by her favourite gold necklace dedicated to her three children.\n\nFirst, she met Mikail, 3, and his mother, Safia, in the \"magic box,\" where parents and children are able to interact and converse through a screen, using brain recording techniques to ascertain how different environments can affect early stress.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Well done you! Was that fun? Did you enjoy doing that?\" the princess asked him warmly, adding: \"You've been playing games with mummy through that screen.\"\n\nMikail, wearing a yellow cap with sensors for the experiment, asked to remove the hat because it was \"hurting\" and \"tickling\" him.\n\nLater, in a separate room, the princess spoke with the institute’s director, Professor Sam Wass, and mother Ashleigh and her three children, Ella, five, two-year-old Ava, and one-year-old Mia.\n\n\"You’ve done an amazing job,\" Catherine told Ashleigh.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"What we are really hoping to do is try and make that easier for families, for mums and all parents, really, to try and have access to that really important information and that guidance but in a more agile and tangible way,\" she added.\n\nCatherine then explored \"The Imaginarium\", an immersive 360-degree environment that demonstrates how noise and visual stimuli affect children's stress levels.\n\nAppearing thoroughly at ease, the princess sat cross-legged on a floor cushion as she chatted to three-year-old Margot, her mother Ronnie and Dr Gemma Goldenberg, the institute's deputy director.\n\nThe royal engagement coincided with the unveiling of Foundations for Life, a comprehensive 109-page resource produced by her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.\n\n### LATEST ROYAL NEWS\n\n\n\n\n  * King Charles's charity and Amazon join forces for new showcase\n  * Catherine makes special nod to George, Charlotte and Louis as she steps out in London\n  * Catherine arrives in London for royal engagement ahead of first trip abroad since cancer treatment\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis new guide, focused on social and emotional development, is designed for professionals working alongside infants, young children and their families.\n\nThe publication underscores how nurturing relationships during the earliest years can profoundly influence lifelong health and well-being.\n\nBefore leaving the university today, the royal spoke with two biomedical sciences students, asking them if they were \"relieved\" their exams were over.\n\n\"She’s so pleasant, so nice. I can see she has a really good heart,\" said Nicole, a 21-year-old student.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"She's sweet and she's nice,\" 28-year-old Janna added.\n\nThe princess is set to embark on a research trip to Italy in connection with her Centre for Early Childhood, representing a major milestone in her return to public duties.\n\nThis European visit marks her first extended official foreign engagement since 2022 and her first overseas travel since receiving her cancer diagnosis.\n\nAides have indicated the Princess of Wales is \"very much looking forward\" to resuming international travel on an official basis.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Princess of Wales meets young children taking part in brain development research ahead of Italy trip"
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