Kate Middleton looks ever so royal in a blue pencil dress as she pays tribute to relatives who were killed in WWI.
Duchess of Cambridge – formally Kate Middleton – paid a visit to the Imperial War Museum London, where she viewed letters relating to the three brothers of her great-grandmother, all of whom fought and died in World War I.
She viewed poignant letters relating to Maurice, who died in 1915 aged 28, Lionel, who died in 1916 aged 24, and Francis, who was killed in 1917 aged 31, at the IWM’s Documents Archive after undertaking a short tour of the First World War Galleries.
The Duchess had the chance to read an extract from a letter from Maurice to his father, in which he asked for night lights and pencils to be sent to him, and described finding unexploded shells.
‘Both sides avoid putting their heads over the parapet during the day,’ he wrote. ‘We found two unexploded shells hereabouts – one we have buried and the other Lionel said he could find an owner for and that it was worth keeping.
In addition, she took a brief tour of the First World War Galleries where she met historians and the fellow descendant of a First World War soldier.
The mum-of-three chose to keep things classy and beautiful once again as she attended the special event.
It’s the second engagement so far this week for the Duchess of Cambridge, but whilst she went smart casual for her Coach Core visit on Tuesday, this time she looks very sophisticated indeed wearing a blue pencil dress, which is by one of her go-to designers, Jenny Packham.
The little puff shoulders are a feature we’ve seen in several of her bespoke outfits recently. The colour is somewhere in between navy and royal blue, and when teamed with a nude Mulberry clutch bag and Gianvito Rossi court heels – the look is classic Kate.
