Kate Turns 32

Happy birthday to Duchess Kate! Prince George's mom turned 32 January 9th, and we're looking back at what's been a milestone year for her and her family.  We hope Prince William got home in time!

UPDATE:

Prince William took a train down from Cambridge University to spend time with Kate on her birthday.  When he arrived at Kings Cross station in London, a car was waiting  to whisk him home to Kensington palace . He enjoyed a private birthday dinner with the Duchess of Cambridge after their son Prince George had been put to bed.  Royal sources said the Duchess had spent her birthday “quietly” at Kensington Palace looking after her son, who is now almost six months old.  The couple are not planning any major celebrations for the Duchess’s birthday, in keeping with their usual no-fuss approach to birthdays in previous years.

  “The Duchess spent the day privately and the Duke was in Cambridge, so it was all very low key,” said a royal aide. “I’m not aware of them having any other plans to celebrate.”

 

The Duchess has not been seen in public since she attended church on Christmas Day with the royal party at Sandringham in Norfolk. She is expected to carry out a small number of engagements during the Duke’s ten-week course at Cambridge, where he is studying agricultural management to help him prepare for his eventual role in charge of the Duchy of Cornwall.

A Wee Kate Fashion Show

Racy lacy: This black lace Alice Temperley dress was worn to the premiere of War Horse, a dinner in aid of the University of St Andrews and most recently to a film screening at the Natural History Museum

Dazzling: Kate wore this gold, floor-length sequin gown by Jenny Packham, worth around £2,500, on her first red carpet appearance after the birth of Prince George



Diamond bright: Kate dazzled in a £5,000 Alexander McQueen gown teamed with a £180 Wilbur & Gussie clutch and £420 bracelet and £80 earrings by Catherine Zoraida at myflashtrash.com

All white: Looking lovely in a £1,300 Anglaise suit by Alexander McQueen, with £245 Coco wedges (sister Pippa also owns a pair) and matching £245 clutch, both from Russell & Bromley.



Pretty lace: In Kuala Lumpur (and still in her favourite nude LK Bennett heels) Kate wears this delicate blue and white dress by one of her favourite designers, Alice Temperley

All hail... the Duchess and her glittering dress b