The Princess of Wales hailed an 'inspirational' residential centre which aims to keep women out of jail and united with their children.
Kate, 41, pinned a hand-written message to a tree which read 'I see you and I'm with you. Good luck in all that lies ahead'.
Wearing a polka dot dress, today she opened Hope Street in Southampton which is a pilot project where low-level female crooks can serve their sentence in the community rather than be jailed.