The Prince and Princess of Wales are currently spending quality time with their three children during the school holidays, but Kate took a moment to show her support for a special project with a new message.
The 42-year-old royal, who has been a patron of the Natural History Museum since 2013, celebrated the opening of new gardens at the museum’s South Kensington grounds on Thursday.
Kate wrote in a message on Instagram Stories: “I am hugely supportive of the Museum’s commitment to create a special space which encourages people of all ages to reconnect with nature and learn more about how we can protect our natural world.
“I know the power of nature to support our development and wellbeing, both by bringing us joy and helping to keep us physically, mentally and spiritually healthy. I hope these gardens will be inspiring and transformative for the thousands of people who visit.”
The new gardens showcase grassland, wetland, and woodland habitats for visitors to explore, with a striking 22-metre-long Diplodocus as the centerpiece, affectionately named Fern by local children.
Kate visited the site in 2021 to observe its development. During this visit, the then Duchess of Cambridge, dressed in a pink blazer and high-waisted jeans, surprised local schoolchildren by joining them for an immersive storytelling walk.
She helped them make spiders from pinecones and assisted scientists in attaching an acoustic monitoring device to a cherry tree to record wildlife activity in the garden.
Kate, an avid beekeeper, also brought a jar of homemade honey from her bees at Anmer Hall for the children to taste. She was photographed tending to her beehive in Norfolk in an image released in 2023 to celebrate World Bee Day.
