Kate Middleton photographed upon arriving at the opening of the V & A Photography Center in London on October 10, 2018.
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Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, returning from maternity leave last week and Wednesday night, she came out for her first solitary solo affair since the birth of Prince Louis in April. The event aimed to honor the opening of a new photography center at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which Kate became a client in March (but this is the first time she has appeared on the site since this announcement).
For the occasion, Kate has released a brand new look, an unusual checkered Erdem dress with a boat neckline (which, of course, Daily mail was quick to note is a particular favorite style of, yes, Meghan Markle). She opted for a burgundy belt, a small pouch and velvet heels.
Kate, who studied art history at school, is known to be a passionate photographer and she often took pictures of Prince George and Princess Charlotte released by the palace on their birthday and for other special occasions. During the museum's evening, she was able to see some of the 800,000 photographs that will be exhibited at the center. She also met with conservatives who were working on the center and unveiled a plaque in honor of the inauguration. The visit began with a presentation of Queen Victoria's crown, made for her between 1840 and 1842.
We will then see Kate (with William) at Princess Eugenie wedding on Friday, where Prince George and Princess Charlotte will be members of the wedding party.
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June 2005
Kate was present when her boyfriend of the time Prince William's close friend Hugh Van Cutsem Jr. married Rose Astor; Kate wore a cream blazer and Karen Millen skirt. Wills was a bailiff at the wedding and now he is the godfather of the Grace (who was also the damsel at the weddings of Will and Kate, she made the faces and stole the hearts.)
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May 2006
A year later, the budding couple were still weddings together, including William's wedding and Prince Harry & # 39; s stepsister Laura Parker-Bowles at Harry Lopes. She was wearing a DAY Birger and Mikkelsen brocade coat, which made its appearance a decade later, in 2016. Oh, if this coat had only known where it was going!
Photo: By David Fisher / REX / Shutterstock.
July 2008
Kate attended the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor (the first cousin of the queen once removed) to George Gilman. She went solo; Will practiced disaster relief in the Caribbean, poor thing. Kate wore a short blue powder jacket on a blue dress, with a very feathered fascinator.
Photo: By Tim Rooke / REX / Shutterstock.
October 2010
Just before William and Kate were engaged, she was wearing an Issa silk dress at their friend's wedding (Harry Meade at Rosie Bradford). A month later, when they announced their commitment to the world, Kate again chose a blue dress Issa.
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May 2013
Here is Kate's frugal at its best: not only the polka dot number over a Topshop dress, but she had just worn it – to Harry Potter World. The hat was Vivien Sheriff and the wedding was William van Cutsem and Rosie Ruck Keene's.
Photo: by Max Mumby / Indigo.
March 2014
March is certainly a difficult time to get married, but Kate still manages to do it for her friend. Lucy Meade and his fiancee Charlie Budgett in a Missoni tweed coat topped with a Sylvia Fletcher hat.
Photo: by Max Mumby / Indigo.
May 2017
Kate, a bridesmaid at the wedding of her sister Pippa, was in charge of quarrels. To guide the children, she wore an Alexander McQueen dress (the same house that had made her own wedding dress) with a bespoke Jane Taylor hat.