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Sophie calls for period products to be kept ‘out of the closet’ to end taboo

Source: PA Wire

The Duchess of Edinburgh has called for tampons and sanitary pads to be kept “out of the closet” to end the taboo over menstrual health.

Sophie, who is carrying on with royal duties while the King is preparing for treatment for an enlarged prostate and while the Prince and Princess of Wales are also off after Kate’s abdominal surgery, visited Harris Girls’ Academy in East Dulwich, south London, on Wednesday.

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