Kate, Princess of Wales has arrived at the Shaping Us National Symposium at The Design Museum in London.

She’s wearing a striking purple co-ord suit with black high heels and oozed confident from the minute she arrived at the venue.

The event, which is hosted by the Princess of Wales and The Royal Foundation Centre, has brought together cross-disciplinary leaders, child and adult specialists, and global thinker to consider how we grow, think, and behave throughout life, in order to build resilience for the future.

Kate will open the National Symposium by delivering a landmark speech.

It is being hosted by Fearne Cotton, who is a Shaping Us Champion as well as a mental health and well-being advocate.

The event will also feature talks from a range of thought leaders to outline the scientific, economic and human cases for
prioritising early childhood, and our social and emotional development.

The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has conducted a first of its kind global listening exercise, involving experts from 21 countries around the world.

The work aims to unite the thinking and agree on the key foundational skills we lay in early childhood, but continue to grow beyond it, that help establish happy, healthy adult lives.

It has undertaken to agree a set of common core skills that can apply equally to children and adults, so we can bring people together with a united language and vision to drive action at every level.

The Shaping Us National Symposium will share the findings from this exercise and focus on the action needed to make social and emotional skills a greater priority.

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