Kate Middleton once again wore a custom pale green dress to attend the last of this year’s Royal Garden festivities on Wednesday.
The Duchess of Cambridge was photographed smiling and greeting the audience as she arrived in a flowing dress to the calf, designed by a private seamstress.
The dress has a high neckline, bulging sleeves with elongated cuffs and a body lined with matching buttons.
He complemented the look with Jimmy Choo heeled pumps in sea green suede and a matching clutch bag.
The royal previously wore the dress for the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of Prince Charles in 2019.
Arriving at the party in Buckingham Palace Garden on Wednesday 25 May, Kate also wore a mint-green Philip Treacy wrapper with a large floral appliqué on one side.
The design was almost identical to the fascinator that led in 2018 to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, also of Philip Treacy, which was white with cream-colored roses.
The Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Charlotte at the Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, 2018
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will return to the UK next week to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
It will be the first time they have spent time with the extended royal family since they left as senior members of the firm in 2020.
Wednesday’s event is the last of this year’s garden festivities at Buckingham Palace.
The annual events are usually organized by the queen. Earlier this month it was announced that the monarch, who is due to celebrate her platinum jubilee next month, would not attend and would be represented by members of the royal family.
Kate was joined by her husband, Prince William. The couple was seen chatting with a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, Manfred Goldberg.
They had previously met Goldberg in 2017 on a visit to Stutthof, the Nazi-occupied Polish concentration camp where he spent eight months.
Recalling his conversation with the Duchess on Wednesday, Goldberg said, “When he arrived, he said, ‘Hello Manfred, I’m glad to see you.’
Goldberg now works for the Holocaust Education Trust
“I was also thankful for all the hard work I’ve been doing over the years, talking to thousands of schoolchildren, mostly in grade A, who are old enough to really understand each other,” he said.
“Then I congratulated her on remembering our previous conversations years ago. She said, ‘I’ll never forget.’
Also present at the party were the Countess and Countess of Wessex, Princess Beatrice and about 8,000 guests.
The royals appeared on the palace terrace at 4pm as the national anthem sounded under a cloudy sky.
Additional PA reports