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Kate Middleton is slowly easing into her royal duties as she returns to work amid prevailing conspiracy theories about her recovery. The media has been abuzz with wild theories attempting to discern the state of health of the Princess of Wales. These concerns stemmed from Kate’s absence from the public eye since undergoing a planned abdominal surgery in January.
Kensington Palace announced at the time that the princess would spend time recovering at home following her discharge from the hospital, until after Easter. The Mother’s Day photo editing scandal further fueled the rumors, leaving conspiracy theories running wild with one question on every lip, “Where is Kate Middleton?”
Kate Middleton Quietly Resumes Royal Duties Amid Recovery
After weeks of speculations and raging theories, Kate Middleton is tapping out of her recovery period to resume royal duties. Kensington Palace, in a statement to US Weekly confirmed that the princess was focusing on a childcare initiative.
The project, funded by The Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood aims at spearheading a four-month trial of a baby observation tool. Such a tool, if achieved successfully would greatly help improve the lives of babies, and invariably nursing mothers across the globe. In their statement, the palace confirmed,
“The Princess has been kept updated throughout the process.”
Notably, Kate Middleton, who returns to work gradually post-surgery recovery, came up with the project following a royal visit to Denmark months back where she saw a similar model coming in handy. The system (Alarm Distress Baby Scale, ADBB) would help improve the detection of early signs of “social and emotional development in young children.”
A Groundbreaking Evolution in Childcare
The result of the months-long study was published on March 21, following extensive research. Kate Middleton dutifully followed up with these studies and trials, albeit from home, while focusing on her recovery. The report from the Institute of Health Visiting confirmed the childcare projects, researching the use of ADBB and m-ADBB, yielded “overwhelmingly positive findings.”
The idea of Kate Middleton inspiring such a groundbreaking project and monitoring it amid her recovery seems logical. The Princess’s dedicated passion for projects involving children is undisputed. For years, she’s stirred towards research and charities committed to children, even launching the Early Years initiative in 2019.
She also pioneered the Foundation for Early Childhood, which she launched in 2021. It makes sense then that Kate would terminate her extensive break from royal duties to attend to a project dear to her heart.