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In what was a darker, darker commitment ahead of Armistice Day, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is one of those who died during WWI.
Catherine made an emotional visit to London's Imperial War Museum on Wednesday to pay her respects to those who had fallen during the war, but also to her family.
The glamorous Duchess wore a royal blue, long-sleeved dress by Jenny Peckham with bad, Swedish heels.
Her elegant outfit was paired with a simple bad clutch, silver watch, and her signature blow-dried wave.
Her family's letters, which form part of the museum's documents archive, have provided both an insightful and poignant account of soldiers' time spent in the trenches.
The Duchess has been shown several times in the history of private life at Buckingham Palace.
Catherine's great-great-grandfather, Francis Martineau Lupton, had five sons Francis, Maurice and Lionel who were all killed in action.
Their sister Olive, who was a nurse in the Voluntary Aid Detachment, is the Duchess' great-grandmother.
Major Francis Lupton, who was the eldest, served with the 8th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment and was killed by a bomb on February 19, 1917.
Lieutenant Lionel Lupton, the youngest of the three, had been killed in action by the 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery.
Captain Maurice Lupton served with the 7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment and also spent in the trenches.
He was the first of the brothers to be killed during the war in 1915.
Catherine also toured the First World War Galleries and met with historians, curators and a fellow descendant of a WWI soldier.
Her visit to the museum is her second official royal engagement this week after she attended the Core Coach Esbad program in Basildon with Prince William on Tuesday.
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