r/BRF

Note: she only landed in Italy in the last 20 minutes so it might be well over another hour before she makes it to Reggio

On ​her trip to Reggio Emilia in northern Italy on May 13 and 14, The Princess of Wales will learn how local women financed the country's first nursery schools by selling the scrap metal from abandoned WW2 military equipment, and then developed a globally influential model of early‑years care.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-princess-kate-visit-pioneering-italian-schools-funded-by-ww2-scrap-metal-2026-05-08/

I wondered why Catherine chose blue instead of red, white or green (the Italian flag colours) and found out the following per Wikipedia:

Savoy blue (Italian: blu Savoia) or Savoy azure (azzurro Savoia), also known as Italian blue (blu italiano), is a shade of saturated blue between peacock blue and periwinkle, lighter than peacock blue.[1] Since the Middle Ages, it has been the colour of the House of Savoy, the royal dynasty of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946, as well as of its predecessor state, the Kingdom of Sardinia–Piedmont.

Having become a National symbol of Italy with the Risorgimento (1859–70), its use continued even after the birth of the Italian Republic (1946) under the name Italian blue. Currently, it is featured in the Presidential Standard of Italy, the sashes for the Italian Armed Forces' officers and the presidents of the Provinces of Italy during the official ceremonies, and the blue jersey for Italian national sports teams.

How very smart of her to go with this reference instead of the more direct flag reference!