Princess Catherine and Prince William returned to Wales on Wednesday in a pivotal moment for the royal couple.
It was the first joint public appearance the Waleses had made outside of England since Catherine's cancer battle.
Pontypridd in Wales was a fitting choice for the engagement and falls within the Royal Family's wider ambition of winning further support in Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish communities.
GB News exclusively revealed in July 2024 that the Prince and Princess of Wales were recruiting a key adviser to be part of their expanding 'on the ground' team.
Princess Catherine and Prince William returned to Wales on Wednesday in a pivotal moment for the royal couple.
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The remit for the job was to take responsibility for the couple's public engagements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Additionally, they wanted the Assistant Private Secretary to specifically focus on Wales and believed it was "essential" that they speak conversational Welsh.
According to the latest polling Wales has the strongest support for the monarchy out of the nations within the UK.
Prince William opted not to have an investiture ceremony as Prince of Wales despite his father having one in 1969.
Prince William has already begun learning Welsh as the royal couple prioritise supporting the Welsh language and culture of the country.
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This was due to fears it could create tensions within certain local communities in Wales.
The Plaid Cymru Senedd group has previously said that William's Prince of Wales title has "no formal place or responsibility within Welsh life".
Prince William has already begun learning Welsh as the royal couple prioritise supporting the Welsh language and culture of the country.
In the summer of 2024, James Evans, a Conservative member of the Welsh Senedd, told GB News' royal podcast he hoped the Prince and Princess of Wales would regularly carry out engagements in Wales once Catherine had returned to public duties.
Wales has the strongest support for the monarchy out of the nations within the UK according to polling.
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Evans told The Royal Record podcast: "The personal circumstances have been very difficult for them, the Princess of Wales with her diagnosis and a preventative chemotherapy treatment has obviously slowed things down.
"We want to wish her well and make sure she's back fit and healthy as soon as possible and back to public life. Hopefully, when she is back, fit and well and they're firing on all cylinders, they will be investing more time here."
He added: "Any advice I could ever give to the Prince and Princess of Wales is that those weeks that the King used to spend here were invaluable for actually really garnering the support of the Royal Family here in Wales.
"It's the most monarchist part of the whole of the United Kingdom, Wales, on every part of polling you do. So I think they should invest time here - it's very, very important for them."
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The Prince and Princess of Wales rolled their sleeves up and got 'stuck in' during their engagement in Wales on Wednesday.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales rolled their sleeves up and got 'stuck in' during their engagement in Wales on Wednesday.
The couple tried their hand at preparing and cooking Welsh cakes after visiting a cake shop that had been serving the food for over 25 years.
William and Catherine also spent time with members of the local community, hearing about life in the Welsh town.
They opted to travel by train to Pontypridd but were delayed by more than 90 minutes due to having to take a diversion.
Despite the initial setback, the Prince and Princess of Wales's first joint engagement in the country since October 2023 was a success, but also an important step in their wider goal of growing support across the UK.
