Kate To Participate in Pheasant Hunt at Christmas At Sandringham Castle

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Kate To Participate in Pheasant Hunt at Christmas At Sandringham Castle

The Duchess of Cambridge has been perfecting her shooting skills in preparation for the traditional Boxing Day pheasant shoot at Sandringham.

The 29-year-old was given private lessons by Prince Charles’s ghillie, or hunt attendant, at Birkhall on the Balmoral Estate last weekend.

Kate will spend her first Christmas Day with the Royal Family this year, and a source said: ‘She wants to make the best impression and is taking the Boxing Day shoot very seriously.

Queen of Jewelry

Brooches, usually worn on the left shoulder, were a favourite for the royal and the Queen was believed to have over 100 in her collection. A selection that would go with an outfit were presented to her - usually three at a time - by her senior dresser and confidante Angela Kelly on special trays that once belonged to Queen Mary. The royal had a wide variety of different brooches which she often wore with her usual pearl earrings and necklace, including a spray of flowers brooch by the people and government of Australia during her Coronation tour of 1954./