KEY ISSUES IN MIND
The Duchess of Cambridge arrives to open the Place2Be’s school forum at UBS, in London. Kate joined delegates at the forum as they consider the key issues and latest thinking on the role that schools can play in tackling mental health problems early in life.
THE QUEEN has reopened the Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery of China and South Asia at the British Museum which she originally unveiled in 1992.
Refurbished and revamped, it now features new displays telling the stories of China and the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal from 5000 BC up to the present day.
The Queen’s engagement comes in the week which saw her private estate, the Duchy of Lancaster, become embroiled in the Paradise Papers leak.
The leak disclosed that the Duchy was reported to have had £10m invested in offshore funds.
The news comes as it was announced the Queen and Sir David Attenborough will appear together in a documentary during which the monarch offers a rare glimpse of her humour.
Created by ITN Productions, the programme follows the progress of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy project which was launched more than two years ago. The QCC is a unique network of forest conservation initiatives, which involves all 52 countries of the Commonwealth.
Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge has spoken about taking her son George to his school and the importance of supporting young children. Kate, whose eldest child recently started at Thomas’s Battersea in south London, said: “As a mother, just getting used to leaving my own child at the school gates, it is clear to me that it takes a whole community to help raise a child.”
The Duchess gave a speech at a Place2Be forum on how schools can tackle mental health problems. And the Duchess of Cornwall attended an Elephant Family charity event at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in New Delhi, India.