Princess of Wales (Princess Catherine, Kate Middleton) starts a business taskforce.

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Princess of Wales attended meeting for her business taskforce for Early years.

Why are you bringing the Duchess of Sussex into a thread that is not about her?

Good job you included the info in brackets specifying who the princess of wales is, otherwise I'd have thought it was Diana back from the dead. 🙄

Announcement for this meeting.

What a positive role model Kate is for young people. She’s really blossomed and her confidence appears to have grown substantially - perhaps not surprising as she is the most popular royal with the public. These images will be beamed throughout the world, enhancing the UK’s reputation overseas.

She's been brilliant for that family.

what a crock o shite'

@soffa not as shite as your use of punctuation 😃

Yes, Kate is a great asset for the UK and the royal family. Such a safe pair of hands.

OMG she cuts out the BS keeps it real not pretending to be something she aint
No show off tendencies, polite, looks the part, does the work, world class.

Poor woman. Attacked for not having a 'proper' job, and now is learning how to do a 'proper' job, supporting a good cause which we, as parents believe necessary, and attacked for that.

I think it's pretty obvious that for some people that it doesn't matter what certain members of the BRF do it will never be enough/good enough.

She obviously cares a lot about this issue, and is willing and able to focus attention to it.

The whole point of Royals being involved in these initiatives and charities is for the publicity/exposure to benefit the cause by raising awareness.

They 'work' hardest for their own causes which explains why some 76% of charities with a royal patron don't see 'their' royal darken the door from one year's end to the next. It's also been shown royal involvement doesn't significantly increase a charity's take.

she'd just a figurehead for raising publicity and awareness.

There are several well-established charities already operating in the early years field. It's not very clear why an entirely new and competing initiative is required unless we count giving Duchess Doolittle something to do a reason.

I think the point is that her high profile means that she can get industry leaders round a table and get things done for charities and social initiatives.

When my dad worked for the Department of Trade and Industry, his job was so much easier when a royal came along to promote the initiative as wealthy investors and business people were falling over themselves to meet our royals and all the events were at capacity.

She's RESPECTED. There's a point to it. She's not scamming them for money. They know she means business.

In my mind the CfEC isn't competing with other charities, it is trying to join up the dots (and fill gaps) in the early years arena. I'm not aware of another business led initiative that is encouraging the business sector to be a champion for the wellbeing of future generations through a focus on early years - perhaps I'm wrong.

Similarly, I thought the research of the LSE commissioned by the CfEC/Royal Foundation was illuminating in setting out the £16bn gap of not investing in early years - that sort of Treasury green book analysis is helpful for loads of charities in making their case. Although I was admonished on a thread about the commission from the Royal Foundation (in the name of the CfEC) meant it wasn't entirely connected to Kate's work in this field but rather should be seen as a joint initiative from both Kate and William.

Have to say that being told by (presumably) a woman on mumsnet that helpful research supporting women who dominate childcare activity/roles from a centre initiated by a female had to include her husband in the credits was a surprise...

Respected by whom?

By people in that sector. Google it. Many people haven given interviews about it.

Is she? is she taken seriously? I don't get the feeling she is.
For someone who has been doing the job for so long, she's a terrible public speaker.

She's practically a saint at this point. They should send her to have a chat with Putin. I'm sure she'd make him see sense with just one swish of of her hair and an $800 blazer. Let's face it, she's probably an expert on international foreign affairs anyway seeing as she once watched her parents sell a bunch of party favours.

Another photo op.
In all the years of this early childhood "work" not one concrete action has happened that would improve life for young children. Not one.

The Centre for Early Childhood really exists though.

But it's only been going for 9 months, so it's 'activities underway' rather than full outcomes.

But it is actually doing stuff (not just co-funding projects delivered by others, though they do that as well)

Yes she is. Look it up. I don't have the time now. Also what has not a good public speaker to do with this. She does her speeches, will she be a good public speaker probably not. She herself says it. That she finds it terrible and is not goed at it. But she still does it. And you can always read her speech online if you have a problem with it.

It really matters what she says not how she says it. Also you can be a good public speaker but if you are only spouting word salad it doesn't really matter then. Better a not so good public speaker (and media taking only a couple of soundbites anyway) then a speaker who says a lot but in the end says a lot of nothing.

@DerangedViper The centre was launched in June 2021. That is 1 year and 9 months ago.
I have read the website. They published a report on current research. They are not the first to do this. There is nothing else I can see about any achievements by the centre.

I'm happy to agree I don't think I've seen much concrete output yet, but that doesn't mean it won't come. I don't think people need to be so ruddy cynical.

Royal Early Years Foundation was cited in government rapport. And they said they would invest more in early years. If they do is another matter. But that's politics for you.