Prince William and Kate Attend Solo Engagements

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Prince William and Kate Attend Solo Engagements

While the Duchess was impressing the North East on her first official visit to the region, the Duke said a very personal goodbye to his former nanny, Olga Powell, at her funeral 250 miles away.

The Duke pulled out of the visit to Newcastle, Gateshead and Stockton-on-Tees earlier this week after deciding that he wanted to pay his respects in person at Mrs Powell’s funeral.

It left the Duchess facing her busiest day of solo engagements, and thousands of Geordies turned out to welcome her. Click link on full post from THE TELEGRAPH

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./