The Royal Foundation shared a video on Instagram this week to mark the anniversary of the Shaping Us campaign, launched by the Princess of Wales in January 2023, to further highlight the importance of children's early years.

"What a year it's been since #ShapingUs launched!"

The Royal Foundation's Early Childhood Center has signed a new Instagram post.

"Our campaign highlights the unique importance of early childhood. From conception to the age of five, our brains develop faster than at any other time in our lives. Our experiences, environments and relationships at this very early age shape the adults we become and the society we create together," the caption reads.

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The clip featured footage of Princess Kate at the many Shaping Us events she has held over the past 12 months.

Her work has taken her from classrooms with children to the rugby pitch when she visited Maidenhead Rugby Club in June to talk about the impact of male educators and sport on children.

The clip also shows Kate at a session where she sits on the floor to play with children with special needs and at the Shaping Us National Symposium at the Design Museum in central London in November, where Kate gave a keynote address to experts in the field.

Princess of Wales / Photo: Associated Press

The Princess of Wales is currently at home in Windsor, where she is recovering from abdominal surgery.

Kate spent the previous two weeks in a London clinic.