LONDON (AP) 鈥� Kate, the Princess of Wales, visited Wimbledon on Thursday in her latest public appearance since .
As the patron of the All England Club, Kate last year was to present the winners鈥� trophies to singles champions Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner.
In May, the 44-year-old Kate traveled to Italy for a two-day tour focused on early childhood education. The trip was part of what her office called a 鈥渇act-finding mission鈥� to explore different approaches to supporting young children and their carers.
The princess, who spent a gap year in Florence when she was younger, spoke a few words of Italian to a group of preschool children, introducing herself as Caterina.
A year ago, Kate offered consoling words to women’s runner-up Amanda Anisimova after a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Swiatek.
In 2024, , Kate did not attend the women鈥檚 final but was on hand for Carlos Alcaraz鈥檚 win over Novak Djokovic at the All England Club.
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