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Kate Middleton<\/strong> was framed as the royal family<\/strong>\u2019s \u201csecret weapon\u201d ahead of her solo Italy visit. The Princess of Wales<\/strong> is set to travel to Reggio Emilia for early childhood work this week. A new expert comment claimed the trip showed her value beyond future queen duties. It also marked a major overseas step after years of limited international appearances with Prince William<\/strong>. The assignment was presented as part of her long-running early years work.<\/p>\n As per a GB News report<\/a>, royal commentator Rafe Haydel-Mankoo discussed Catherine\u2019s Italy trip. The Princess of Wales is due to begin the two-day visit on May 13. GB News said the Reggio Emilia visit will focus on early childhood development. Haydel-Mankoo called it an \u201cimportant milestone.\u201d He said the solo trip showed her \u201crenewed strength\u201d and \u201cher value to the monarchy.\u201d Then, he added, \u201cShe is the secret weapon of the Royal Family.\u201d<\/p>\n The report noted that Kate Middleton<\/a>\u2019s last overseas royal tour was to Boston in December 2022. That trip with Prince William centered on the Earthshot Prize. Meanwhile, her last solo foreign visit was to Copenhagen earlier in 2022. That visit was another fact-finding trip linked to early childhood development. Haydel-Mankoo said the public could now see Catherine as \u201cnot just a future queen.\u201d He also called her a \u201cwife, a mother\u201d and a woman carrying \u201cgrace and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n The commentator added that the Italy visit sent a message of \u201cquiet strength and resilience.\u201d According to the report, the trip reassured the public about her role in the royal family. Fellow commentator Richard Fitzwilliams described the visit as \u201ca new normal.\u201d He said it showed she had \u201cgot stronger\u201d and was rebuilding confidence. Fitzwilliams also said the trip suggested, \u201cthere\u2019ll be more of this.\u201d The outlet said attention could then turn to joint Wales travel. The report added that future overseas travel with Prince William<\/a> could follow soon.<\/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.realitytea.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kate Middleton was framed as the royal family\u2019s \u201csecret weapon\u201d ahead of her solo Italy visit. The Princess of Wales is set to travel to Reggio Emilia for early childhood work this week. A new expert comment claimed the trip showed her value beyond future queen duties. It also marked a major overseas step after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2414829,"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":[472656,23651,21818,310803,23068],"class_list":["post-2414828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-bristish-royal-family","tag-kate-middleton","tag-lifestyle","tag-lifestyle-news","tag-prince-william"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kate-Middleton-Branded-Secret-Weapon-of-Royal-Family-\u2014-Expert.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414828","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=2414828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414830,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414828\/revisions\/2414830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2414829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2414828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2414828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2414828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kate Middleton seen more than \u2018just a future queen,\u2019 per expert<\/h2>\n