Thursday, 9 February 2012

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Fashion Queen Kate Middleton wears high street for first royal engagement without Prince William

The Duchess of Cambridge visits art exhibition

Kate Middleton married Prince William last year

Kate Middleton impressed at her first royal public solo engagement without Prince William last night.

The Duchess of Cambridge attended a new exhibition by the late Lucian Freud at London's National Portrait Gallery, choosing a coat by high street label Jesire for the occasion.

Kate, 30, teamed her chic grey jacket, which had an oversized collar, with a black box clutch, matching belt and Jimmy Choo heels.

Though Kate attended a private dinner on behalf of Prince Charles last year, yesterday was the first time she'd stepped out in an official capacity without her husband by her side.

RAF co-pilot Wills, 29, was posted to the Falklands for 6 weeks at the beginning of this month.

Lonely Kate is planning to spend a lot of her alone time visiting her charities around the UK.

'The Duchess will have a handful of engagements while the Duke is away,' a spokesman told The Mail On Sunday.

'She will visit all her patronages publicly at least once and continue to visit them privately.

'It will be a busy period.'

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