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Tony Jones

‘Bellissima’: Kate receives warm welcome in Italy on return to foreign tours

The Princess of Wales receiving a welcome to the city of Reggio Emilia at the start of her visit to Italy (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Princess of Wales received a rapturous welcome in Italy as she returned to foreign royal tours for the first time in three years, in what was described by aides as a “significant moment”.

Chants of “Kate, Kate, Kate” rang out around a piazza in Reggio Emilia after she was welcomed by mayor Marco Massari and received his city’s highest honour – Primo Tricolore – during a town hall ceremony.

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