{"id":2415738,"date":"2026-05-13T22:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2415738"},"modified":"2026-05-13T22:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:54:26","slug":"princess-kate-opens-up-about-beloved-family-member-after-sad-passing-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/princess-kate-opens-up-about-beloved-family-member-after-sad-passing-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Kate opens up about beloved family member after ‘sad’ passing | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wrapping up her day in the Italian city, Catherine visited the second municipal pre-school that had adopted the Reggio Emilia approach, the Anna Frank school. At the nursery, which is named after the German-born Jewish girl who famously wrote a diary of her time hiding from the Nazis, Catherine marvelled at the outdoor area that includes a wooden tree house, clay artwork and decorative tree stumps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Touring the school with Elisa Di Benedetto, a Pedagogista (an educator who helps develop the curriculum), Catherine was led into a classroom to observe a creative session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sitting down to join them, Catherine said \u201cciao\u201d before asking each child what their name was in Italian. She was shown pieces of paper with the children’s animal names written on them. The princess quickly spotted that one of them read \u201cLupo\u201d – wolf in Italian – and said: \u201cThat was the name of our dog, our dog was called Lupo.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lupo – who died in late 2020 – was a much-loved member of the Prince and Princess of Wales’s family, with the couple taking to Instagram<\/a> to share the sad news of his death. They wrote that he was the “heart of our family”, adding that they “miss him so much”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cOh really, did you know the Italian meaning?\u201d Ms Di Benedetto asked. Nodding and saying \u201cyes\u201d in response, the teacher said: \u201cIt must have been a big dog?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cNo, it wasn\u2019t actually,\u201d Catherine said, laughing. \u201cIt had a big personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Royal fans were delighted to see the future Queen on an overseas tour and took to social media to praise her interaction with the public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Writing on X, one user said: \u201cGenuine, warm & loving Catherine, our Princess of Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another one wrote: \u201cShe’s so loved and no one will take that away from her.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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