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| Duchess of Cambridge resumes royal duties with charity visit | Duchess of Cambridge resumes royal duties with charity visit |
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| The Duchess of Cambridge has visited a children's mental health charity - her first official solo engagement since the birth of Princess Charlotte. | The Duchess of Cambridge has visited a children's mental health charity - her first official solo engagement since the birth of Princess Charlotte. |
| Catherine, who gave birth to her daughter in May, visited the Anna Freud Centre in central London, which helps young people and conducts research. | Catherine, who gave birth to her daughter in May, visited the Anna Freud Centre in central London, which helps young people and conducts research. |
| She visited the site of the charity's planned community campus and its family school, both near King's Cross station. | She visited the site of the charity's planned community campus and its family school, both near King's Cross station. |
| The duchess then met other senior managers to discuss the charity's work. | The duchess then met other senior managers to discuss the charity's work. |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| By Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent | By Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent |
| All senior royals need causes to champion. It's not enough nowadays to just turn up to major events. | All senior royals need causes to champion. It's not enough nowadays to just turn up to major events. |
| At the start of his long wait to fulfil his destiny, Prince Charles solved the problem of what to do with his time by founding The Prince's Trust. | At the start of his long wait to fulfil his destiny, Prince Charles solved the problem of what to do with his time by founding The Prince's Trust. |
| Younger royals are encouraged to support existing organisations, rather than launch one themselves. | Younger royals are encouraged to support existing organisations, rather than launch one themselves. |
| Prince Harry obviously ignored that advice when he set up his charity in Lesotho. | Prince Harry obviously ignored that advice when he set up his charity in Lesotho. |
| With this visit today, the Duchess of Cambridge is signalling that one of her key focuses will be the care of children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems - problems it is said affects one in 10 of that age group. | With this visit today, the Duchess of Cambridge is signalling that one of her key focuses will be the care of children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems - problems it is said affects one in 10 of that age group. |
| The hope among those she met today is that Kate's involvement will help to de-stigmatise a problem and bring light to something which, to a degree, has been in the shadows. | The hope among those she met today is that Kate's involvement will help to de-stigmatise a problem and bring light to something which, to a degree, has been in the shadows. |
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| Centre of excellence | Centre of excellence |
| Arriving at the centre, the duchess was greeted by Peter Fonagy, the charity's chief executive, who praised her visit as milestone for his organisation. | Arriving at the centre, the duchess was greeted by Peter Fonagy, the charity's chief executive, who praised her visit as milestone for his organisation. |
| The visit was "a very significant step on our journey to try and establish a good mental health for children and young people in England", he said. | The visit was "a very significant step on our journey to try and establish a good mental health for children and young people in England", he said. |
| The charity is planning the development of a new centre of excellence in London's King's Cross. | The charity is planning the development of a new centre of excellence in London's King's Cross. |
| Mr Fonagy said: "On the site we are on just here, we will construct a centre of excellence and it will have a school at its heart, as well as mental health services surrounding it, alongside cutting edge research facilities in collaboration with UCL [University College London]. | Mr Fonagy said: "On the site we are on just here, we will construct a centre of excellence and it will have a school at its heart, as well as mental health services surrounding it, alongside cutting edge research facilities in collaboration with UCL [University College London]. |
| "So this site will be in a sense symbolic of what we feel mental health for children and young people should be like, which is an integration of mental health with education, with social care, the voluntary sector, physical health - all in partnership with children, parents, families." | "So this site will be in a sense symbolic of what we feel mental health for children and young people should be like, which is an integration of mental health with education, with social care, the voluntary sector, physical health - all in partnership with children, parents, families." |
| The centre, which began life in 1941, is named after Anna Freud, a pioneer of child psychoanalysis and daughter of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. | The centre, which began life in 1941, is named after Anna Freud, a pioneer of child psychoanalysis and daughter of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. |
| The charity's planned community campus will see experts in mental health, neuroscience and education work with children and families to develop new treatments and approaches. | The charity's planned community campus will see experts in mental health, neuroscience and education work with children and families to develop new treatments and approaches. |
| The family school, which opened on a temporary site in September last year, provides alternative education for children who are at risk of exclusion and are struggling to achieve. | The family school, which opened on a temporary site in September last year, provides alternative education for children who are at risk of exclusion and are struggling to achieve. |
| The visit is the duchess's first since giving birth to her second child in May. | The visit is the duchess's first since giving birth to her second child in May. |
| She was seen in public at a number of events this summer including Trooping the Colour and Wimbledon. And Princess Charlotte was christened at a church in Sandringham in July. |