A Royal Thank You From Kate

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

A Royal Thank You From Kate

Caption: Kate Middleton, accompanied by her maid of honour, Pippa Middleton, at Westminster Abbey for the Royal Wedding. Photo: Alastair Grant/AP

Without any fanfare, the Duchess of Cambridge has paid her dues to some of the unsung heroines of the royal wedding. Mandrake can disclose that Kate made a secret visit on Tuesday to the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace, where she said thank you to the master embroiderers who helped to create her bridal gown.

Susan Kay-Williams, the school’s chief executive, tells me: “It was lovely to meet the Duchess of Cambridge and to show her what the Royal School of Needlework does.” Click link for full post from The Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9111675/Duchess-of-Cambridge-pays-secret-thank-you-visit-to-royal-wedding-dressmakers.html

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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./