Kate Middleton has returned to the public eye with a highly personal message about the importance of nature
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Kate Middleton has opened up about her ‘very spiritual, very intense’ connection with the natural world in a new short film released with the Chief Scout, Dwayne Fields. The Princess of Wales, 43, discussed the importance of nature and its impact on mental health during a visit to the Lake District, where she spent time with a group of scouts aged between 10 and 15.
Kate, who has served as joint president of the Scouting Foundation since 2020, joined the young explorers as they pursued a map of the mountains surrounding Lake Windemere, where she enjoyed a candid conversation with Fields – the pair’s first since he was named Chief Scout in September 2024.
‘I find it a very spiritual and very intense emotional reconnection, I suppose, these environments,’ says the Princess of Wales, who wrapped up in a beige woolen turtleneck, jacket and matching flat cap for the day out. ‘Not everyone has that same relationship, perhaps, with nature, but it is so, therefore, meaningful for me as a place to balance and find a sort of sense of peace and reconnection in what is otherwise a very busy world.’