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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Princess Kate Visits the "Golden Mile" in Leicester, UK Today

Princess Kate Visits the "Golden Mile" in Leicester, UK Today

The Princess of Wales received a welcome to Leicester today as colourful as any Bollywood movie - with dancing, honking horns and crowds surging to shake her hand.

'Welcome to Leicester, Ma'am,' said one shopper who stopped her outside a jewellers as she visited family businesses and the city's famous 'Golden Mile', while an elderly woman handed her a printed blessing to take away.

Drivers waived and shoppers seemed surprised to see Kate, 44, walking down the street without any road closures.

The princess - who wore a white knitted dress with a knife pleated skirt - was presented with a garland of pearls and roses as she arrived at a community centre which, earlier in the week, had celebrated Holi, the Indian festival of colour, love and spring. Read more @ https://tinyurl.com/2tv7wz2x