Kate looks Posh in Victoria Beckham! Princess of Wales is elegant in green suit designed by VB on the day.

Kate looks Posh in Victoria Beckham! Princess of Wales is elegant in green suit designed by VB on the day her Netflix series launches - as she joins children's play session.

She often flies the flag for British fashion, but today the Princess of Wales made a very special nod to Victoria Beckham, who attended her wedding to Prince William.

Kate's chartreuse green suit for her visit to Home-Start in Oxford was impeccably timed to coincide with the release of the designer's Netflix series, which launched on the streaming channel today.

She opted to wear a VB patch pocket jacket, retailing for £850, and matching £490 'Alina' trousers, both in the colour 'willow', likely a show of support for Posh Spice, whose documentary follows the former pop star's manic run-up to her Paris Fashion Week show last September.

The royal, 43, meanwhile chatted to staff and volunteers from the organisation that supports the welfare of families with children under five, and spoke about how everyday moments of love and connection help secure future happiness. 

The engagement echoes the message shared in her essay, released earlier today via the Royal Foundation's Centre for Early Childhood, which highlighted the importance of meaningful connections for a child's mental and physical wellbeing later in life.

Home-Start is currently preparing to roll out training based on the centre's explainer series to its 9000-strong network of volunteers across all local Home-Start centres.

The series, made of a string of animated films, translates science into practical, everyday actions that help parents and practitioners build nurturing interactions.

On Thursday, Kate joined a training session alongside volunteers, who viewed the films and reflected on how they can use the strategies discussed to promote nurturing interactions in their family support groups and between the parents, babies, and young children they work with. 

Home‑Start, one of 27 organisations now using the explainer series, will work alongside the centre to collect data, which will in turn allow effective approaches to be scaled and shared. 

Kate has long championed the importance of social and emotional development in early childhood and the profound effect it has on the lives people lead and the type of society built.

Today's trip and the publication of the essay reflect Kate's ongoing dedication to early years.

The essay titled, 'The Power of Human Connection in a Distracted World', was written in collaboration with Boston-based Professor Robert Waldinger of Harvard University. 

The piece highlights two core points: warm, loving, and meaningful relationships are the single greatest investment we can make for health, happiness and longevity; and modern life, rising loneliness, and fragmented attention are undermining our ability to form those connections, putting at risk the social and emotional development of babies and young children.

Spending too much time online is said to be a factor contributing to the 'epidemic of disconnection', which in turn can disrupt family life.

'Our smartphones, tablets, and computers have become sources of constant distraction, fragmenting our focus and preventing us from giving others the undivided attention that relationships require,' the essay reads.

'We sit together in the same room while our minds are scattered across dozens of apps, notifications, and feeds. We're physically present but mentally absent, unable to fully engage with the people right in front of us.' 

The essay went on to explain the importance of a happy and nurturing family life on a child's current and future happiness, relationships, and success. 

Technology, they said, is threatening those safe environments. 'But just as science is confirming the lifelong importance of connections, we exist in a world that is more distracted than ever,' she wrote. 

'We're raising a generation that may be more 'connected' than any in history while simultaneously being more isolated, more lonely, and less equipped to form the warm, meaningful relationships that research tells us are the foundation of a healthy life.' 

To overcome the 'epidemic of disconnection', Kate warned readers to make a 'conscious effort' to be present for the people they care about, creating safe spaces for genuine connections, whether that be family dinners or making eye contact.

The essay concluded, 'Look the people you care about in the eye and be fully there – because that is where love begins. 

'For babies and children who are raised in attentive and loving environments are better able to develop the social and emotional skills that will allow them to grow into adults capable of building loving partnerships, families, communities. This is our children's greatest inheritance.'

Kate's decision to sport Victoria's label comes amid an exciting time for the Beckhams, following the release of Victoria's eponymous show.

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