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Howard Lloyd<\/strong> Regional content editor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n14:58, 09 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/g><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span>The Princess of Wales glowed in her stunning green outfit<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/p>\n
The Princess of Wales blew onlookers away in a sophisticated green as she revealed one key family rule her and William have introduced. Kate was discussing an ‘epidemic of disconnection’ created by smart phones and other gadgets and urged society to ‘invest in the relationships you have with each other’.<\/p>\n
Kate aired her concerns about the problems posed by modern technology at the expense of family life in an essay written in collaboration with Professor Robert Waldinger, director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. Kate also spoke about the importance of spaces to connect like at meal times, echoing the words of William who said in his major interview the couple always have dinner around the table with their three children.<\/p>\n
He also said they had a strict rule and banned Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis from having mobile phones.<\/p>\n
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<\/g><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span>Prince George,\u00a0Princess\u00a0Charlotte and Prince Louis from having mobile phones do not have mobile phones<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/div>\n
Focusing on good connections with family and friends was the key to a healthy and happy life, said the princess, who took the the lead in the article, and helping children develop \u201cstrong social and emotional skills\u201d would equip them to maintain positive relationships for decades.<\/p>\n
The major article appears to set out much of the future queen\u2019s thinking on the early years development of children, said to be an important element of her life\u2019s work, and comes after the Prince of Wales gave a groundbreaking interview last week saying he would \u201cchange\u201d the monarchy when he becomes king.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe live increasingly lonelier lives, which research shows is toxic to human health, and it\u2019s our young people (aged 16 to 24) that report being the loneliest of all, the very generation that should be forming the relationships that will sustain them throughout life,\u201d wrote the princess and the professor.<\/p>\n
They added: \u201cWhile new technology has many benefits, we must also acknowledge that it plays a complex and often troubling role in this epidemic of disconnection. While digital devices promise to keep us connected, they frequently do the opposite.<\/p>\n
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<\/g><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span>Kate said new technology ‘has many benefits, we must also acknowledge that it plays a complex and often troubling role in this epidemic of disconnection’<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/button><\/div>\n
\u201cOur smartphones, tablets, and computers have become sources of constant distraction, fragmenting our focus and preventing us from giving others the undivided attention that relationships require.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe sit together in the same room while our minds are scattered across dozens of apps, notifications, and feeds.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re physically present but mentally absent, unable to fully engage with the people right in front of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate said good connections with family and friends were key to a healthy and happy life Howard Lloyd Regional content editor 14:58, 09 Oct 2025 The Princess of Wales glowed in her stunning green outfit The Princess of Wales blew onlookers away in a sophisticated green as she revealed one key family rule her and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2079543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[23651,23068],"class_list":["post-2079542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-kate-middleton","tag-prince-william"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Princess-of-Wales-glows-in-green-as-she-discusses-Charlotte.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2079542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2079544,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079542\/revisions\/2079544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2079543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2079542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2079542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2079542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}