The Princess is Summery in Cefinn for New Early Years Field Study Launch

It was a gorgeous June day as the Princess of Wales stepped out in the sunshine for a visit to Nuneaton in North Warwickshire to unveil the next stage of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Years' plans.

The Princess took the opportunity to meet health visitors participating in a new field study (a £50,000 investment by the the Royal Foundation Centre) which aims to "support the profession to promote infant wellbeing" and "social and emotional development".

The study hopes to follow in the footsteps of successes in Denmark. Kensington Palace said: "The Centre for Early Childhood has provided a grant for the study which will trial and evaluate the use of the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB) in the UK and is being run in partnership with the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) and the University of Oxford. The Princess saw first-hand how the ADBB model is being used by health visitors to support parent-infant relationships and early childhood development during her visit to Denmark in February 2022. Following the trip, Her Royal Highness and the Centre for Early Childhood have been working closely with the Institute of Health Visiting to explore the potential for implementation of the ADBB in the UK."

A Palace spokesperson added: "The ADBB model is used to assess how babies are interacting with the world around them. The tool focuses on social behaviours such as eye contact, facial expressions, vocalisation and activity levels to help practitioners and families to better understand the ways babies express their feelings, whilst also supporting parents and carers with bonding and attachment. The ADBB can also be used to recognise early signs of psychological distress, enabling specialist support to be accessed as soon as it is needed."

Kate spoke to those currently receiving training on how to use the ADBB to support families. They discussed the importance of ensuring each child receives the very best possible care and the change required to build "happy and positive relationships".

A light-hearted moment brought a smile to everyone's faces.

It’s not every day that the Princess of Wales is interrupted by a massive burp 👶
She’s in Nuneaton chatting to parents and health visitors about her new NHS trial that monitors the emotional well-being of newborns pic.twitter.com/M1FONyHbCf

— Victoria Ward (@victoria_ward) June 15, 2023

People reports:

'As seen in a video shared to Twitter by Victoria Ward of The Telegraph, Princess Kate was speaking to a small group at Riversley Park Children's Centre about the importance of support teams when the baby to her left let out a belch. The adults burst into laughter, and the princess had the perfect reply.

“Well done, you!” Kate said with a laugh as she tenderly touched the baby's foot.

"It's always really reassuring when you spend ages trying to get them to burp," she told the woman holding the little one.'

Kensington Palace concluded in a statement: "Our interactions and relationships during our earliest years are crucial in promoting social and emotional wellbeing, providing vital foundations which shape the rest of our lives. By working closely with people from across the private, public and voluntary sectors, including the early years workforce, the Princess of Wales and the Centre for Early Childhood hope to create a network of shared knowledge and best practice which can be used to identify and collaborate on new solutions and inspire action to drive real, positive change on the early years". The ADBB trial is running for a period of ten months and is being carried out at the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Kate spotted a child sporting kit that's rather popular with William and George -- the family's Aston Villa fans.

More from Birmingham Mail:

'Noticing he was wearing Aston Villa's change strip, she said 'oh, I know that kit.' Her husband has made no secret of his support for the Birmingham club. Nate’s mum Lindsay signed makaton to him so he knew what she was saying.

The mum-of-three told CoventryLive she didn’t ever expect for them to meet the Princess today. She had picked up Nate from preschool in weddington and took him to the appointment, unaware of the Royal visitor.'

The event was covered by a pool photographer, meaning we didn't see the abundance of shots we usually would with a full ROTA covering, so it was a treat to see a couple of behind-the-scenes images.

And this group shot.

More from Coventry Live:

'She spoke to the health workers about the project and their training and said she wanted to hear first hand how it is making a difference. "I wanted to come and see you here, and to say thank you for the amazing job you do and to highlight the critical role," she said.

"It is such a wonderful valuable role that you play and I want to celebrate that and shine a light on that." After asking to see the 'training in action' Kate was offered the chance to join in the online training.

Leaving the room she promised 'I will have to keep in touch.'

As Kate departed, Coventry Live reports staff and parents formed a "guard of honour" in the hallway.

A lovely video from the engagement.

The Princess wore Ceffin's Petra dress.

The piece by the brand founded by Samantha Cameron is described as being "cut from lustrous leopard-print silk with a tie-fastening waist for a cinched silhouette". It's available at Matches Fashion. Below, a closer look at the print.

Kate wore her Jimmy Choo Romy 85 pumps.

And carried her white Mulberry Amberley bag.

Accessorising with a pair of Kiki McDonough green amethyst pear drop earrings (with thanks to What Kate Wore and Caroline Parr).

We have several very interesting days of royal watching coming up. On Saturday, it's Trooping the Colour; Monday is Order of the Garter; Tuesday, the Princess is visiting the refurbished National Portrait Gallery. And I think it likely we'll see the Waleses at Royal Ascot at some point next week :)