The Princess of Wales travelled to the North of England on Tuesday to visit a mother and baby unit at a female prison in Styal.

Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Tuesday visited a women's prison to meet ex-offenders and those still serving, as she continues her return to public duties having completed her cancer treatment.

The Princess of Wales has visited a women's prison in Cheshire, where she talked to inmates in a mother and baby unit. On a visit to HMP Styal, in Wilmslow, Catherine was shown a project designed to develop strong and healthy relationships between mothers and babies "even in the most challenging of environments".

The Princess of Wales stressed the importance of mothers wellbeing as she met inmates at a mother and baby unit in Cheshire. Kate visited the unit, which is one of three in the North of England providing inmates with support from trained staff and early years practitioners in a separate living area.