Girls school first stop for Britain’s William and Kate in Pakistan
By Reuters
17 October 2019 |
7:50 am
Prince William and his wife Kate signal their support for women's education in Pakistan by making a girls school the first stop on their inaugural tour of the deeply patriarchal country.
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