Princess Catherine is “excited” by a new report that suggests a greater focus and investment in early childhood could generate at least £45 billion for the United Kingdom

Princess Catherine is “excited” by a new report that suggests a greater focus and investment in early childhood could generate at least £45 billion for the United Kingdom, a palace spokesperson has confirmed.

Prior to her cancer diagnosis, the Princess of Wales championed early childhood development as one of her major causes and created a business taskforce to assess how prioritising childhood development can help the British economy.

On Monday, a Kensington Palace spokesperson said early childhood continues to be a “huge priority” for Kate, who has been kept fully updated on the progress of the report during her recovery.

“I know, having briefed The Princess on this, that she is enormously grateful to the members of the Taskforce who have made such fantastic progress on this work over the past year,” Christian Guy, Executive Director of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood revealed to the Express newspaper on Monday.

“She feels passionately about the transformational impact of getting this right together, both for the current generation and for many more to come.

“I know that she is keen to encourage all businesses, no matter what their size or purpose, to join us on this journey and is looking forward to seeing momentum grow in the coming months.”

Despite confirming Kate was briefed on the report, Mr Guy stressed to the outlet that the report is not an indication that Kate is returning to royal duties as she will only resume her work when she is cleared by her doctors.

Nevertheless, the small update marks the latest insight into how Kate is managing select royal duties privately following her cancer diagnosis.

Kate, 42, remains on an indefinite hiatus from public life while undergoing “preventative” chemotherapy treatment, which she revealed in a video address two months ago.