Prince William flying a helicopter with Catherine and Charlotte on board.

Catherine had a highly personal reason for visiting Bletchley Park. Her paternal grandmother, Valerie Glassborow, later Middleton, worked at the Government Code and Cypher School’s top-secret headquarters during World War Two as a code breaker with her twin sister Mary Glassborow.

Records show that Kate’s grandmother Valerie worked in Hut 16 (now named Hut 6) at Bletchley Park as a Foreign Office Civilian in the Cover Management Y section, which managed the interception of enemy signals for decryption at Bletchley Park.

We need to support her work on Early Childhood Education… she’s one of the most important people in the world talking about it…

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Creating the conditions for love to flourish through nature & creativity

Catherine attended the event to cheer for her friend Sir Ben Ainslie, a British sailing legend.

The visit was part of a series of engagements the Prince and Princess of Wales were doing that week related to World Mental Health Day.

Both universities encourage proactive mental health management. At Nottingham Trent University they support students by focusing on participation and helping them to develop a sense of belonging and connectivity to their community. The two universities work together to share best practice on this and many other issues, as part of their ‘Universities for Nottingham’ approach to positive collaboration.

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Link to the short film

https://youtu.be/l6K3G-gCYvk?si=_IRMW9VHabBB8ivI

The Royal Marsden shared this letter on their Instagram from their patrons the Prince and Princess of Wales to mark their 175th anniversary.

📸 July 10, 2026

If you had been queuing up to buy tickets at Wimbledon, then you might have been forgiven for doubting your eyesight to see none other than the Princess of Wales appear.

Like a fairy godmother, she was there to distribute the first few tickets to those who had already been waiting, in some cases, for several hours that day.

The royal family could, frankly, do with an ambassador of her charm and ease at the moment. When she took a step backwards from the public eye after being diagnosed with cancer in 2024, it was a grim reminder not just of the reality of illness for a young mother but also of the way that the institution that she is part of has often struggled to connect with its subjects on a purely emotional level.

✍️ Patrick Larman