The Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, Patron of Action for Children, made a visit to the Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) inside HMP Styal in Cheshire. This was Kate’s 5th engagement of the year 2025 and third one for her legacy project, ‘Early Childhood’. Last week Princess Kate launched an interactive trail program at the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Early childhood framework ‘Shaping US’.
It was a usual rainy day, when Kate stepped inside the women’s prison that holds 400 inmates some service life imprisonment to highlight the importance of strong, loving and consistent mother and baby relationships to a child’s development, even in the most challenging of environments.. The Princess met staff and former residents to hear about the support provided including high quality nursery provision, targeted interventions and parenting support for the on-site mothers.
This was Kate Middleton’s fourth official visit to a prison as the patron of the charity. The Princess of Wales met women being supported by the Action for Children charity, which runs mother and baby units in three prisons in the north of England. The initiative also works to address female reoffending rates, which currently stand at 22.3 per cent across England and Wales.Action for Children employs early years practitioners at each facility to ensure babies receive the highest quality care and experience normal activities like walks, shopping trips and bus travel.The practitioners also arrange overnight stays with family members outside the prison, helping to build and maintain important bonds with the children’s wider support network.
Kate Middleton then visited the on-site nursery to see where babies and children living on site can learn and play. The Princess also met a group of current prisoners on the MBU and heard about how the charity is supporting them and their babies.
As this Friday, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are starting their half term break which will end on 24th February, we will not be seeing William and Kate during that period, which also means the royal couple will be missing the annual BAFTA award night.
What Kate Middleton wore to HMP Styal Cheshire
- Blaze Milano Anyway Checked Wool – Repeat and recently seen during her first 2025 public appearance
- A brown High-neck jumper – Repeat
- Sézane’s Naelle Skirt – New Thanks to Princess of Wales Closet
- Katherine James Pearl Earrings – New thanks to Kate Middleton Style for id.
- Gianvito Rossi Glen Boots – Repeat from November 2022 Rugby match in Wigan.
