Prince William brings home ‘therapeutic’ present for Princess Kate at Adelaide Cottage amid cancer treatment
Prince William brought home a “therapeutic” present for Princess Kate at Adelaide Cottage amid her cancer treatment.
The Prince of Wales returned home from his latest royal engagement with thoughtful gifts for Kate amid her cancer treatment.
On Thursday, the Prince of Wales, 41, left St Michael’s Church of England school with presents for his wife, who announced on March 22 that she had begun a course of preventative chemotherapy.
Kerry Whitehouse, the school’s senior mental health lead, admitted the gifts included Lego sunflowers.
Kate and Prince William live in Windsor
This was because “building things is therapeutic and sunflowers represent happiness positivity and strength” and sunflower seeds are great “to sow seeds of positivity”.
Whitehouse continued to tell People: “We didn’t want to give flowers but something significant to represent the theme of the day.
“He thanked us and said the Lego would go down well in the house.”
According to the school official, they also gave Princess Kate, 42, a crocheted starfish, “which comes with the story about making a difference to others”.
The Prince of Wales speaks with schoolchildren after he visits St Michael’s school in Rowley Regis
They also provided Prince William with gifts for Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, six.
Prince William received crocheted “well-being worms” for the children and positivity cards written to them involving emotion wheels.
Princess Kate previously said Prince Louis and his classmates used a “feelings wheel” at school to help them describe their emotions.
Whitehouse added there was a “positivitea” bag with tea and a message to spend time with friends.
Prince William laughing with students during his visit to the school
The bag also included the school’s new turtle mascot which “focuses on swimming against the tide and the pressure that males sometimes feel to act a certain way”.
Prince William’s school visit centred around the students’ well-being.
The visit was sparked after a 12-year-old pupil named Freddie Hadley wrote a letter to the Prince and Princess of Wales inviting them to see their work.
The Prince of Wales had stayed out of the public eye for several weeks after Princess Kate’s health announcement on March 22 to spend time with his family while their three children were on their Easter holidays.