Kate in July 2019

It’s been reported that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Catherine, have jetted off to their favourite holiday destination Mustique to celebrate the 6th birthday of their eldest child Prince George. Last we saw william and Catherine this Sunday when Duchess presented the Wimbledon trophy at the Men’s singles final.

The Sun is reporting that William and Catherine are there with their three kids George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis and Catherine’s family. Mustique has been a long-standing part of William and Catherine’s lives. It is believed the couple first visited the place in 2006.

Since then they have celebrated many winter breaks at the beautiful in the Caribbean heaven coinciding it with Carole Middleton’s birthday in January. But now with kids being in school its not possible for them to spend winter break so they have chosen to spend summer breaks there.

 

 

Mustique a 1400-acre island, steeped in history and surrounded by intrigue, lies in the stream of islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines just a hundred miles west of Barbados. In 1958  Lord Glenconnor, Colin Tennant bought the place for £45,000. In 1960  Colin gave Princess Margaret a plot of land as her wedding gift that made Mustique a staple piece in royal life.

I am expecting a beautiful picture of Prince George next week marking his 6th birthday whose first international flight was also believed to be to Mustique in January 2014.

I hope we will get a surprise from William and Catherine and they will share a picture from their vacation just like we get in 2016 from their French vacation.

In other news, The Unviersity of Creartive Arts disclosed that the Degree Students from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) Royal School of Needlework (RSN) collaborated with The Duchess of Cambridge to bring her showcase ‘Back to Nature’ garden to life at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. The Royal School of Needlework is the international centre of excellence for the art of hand embroidery, offering a range of courses from one-day classes to a three-year BA (Hons) in Hand Embroidery.

The Royal School of Needlework first worked with Catherine in 2011, creating the bespoke lace on her wedding dress, veil and shoes.

For this latest project, the RSN created a hand-embroidered textile by only using compostable materials to complete the surround of a forest den. The hand embroidery techniques of Whitework and Needlelace were a perfect combination to emulate a camouflage style netting and provide magical, dappled light into the den.

The ethos of the design was to create a piece which employed the traditional skills of hand embroidery combined with the fabrics and materials of the garden. Fine embroidery threads were replaced with jute garden twine, and fine linens and silks replaced with coarse hessian fabrics. The unique hand embroidered textile artwork was then set over a Birch tree ‘A-frame’ to create the forest den. Angie Wyman, Course Leader for the RSN Degree in Hand Embroidery said:

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with the Duchess of Cambridge again and to be able to showcase the adaptability of needlework. This project was brought to life by RSN staff, Degree and Future Tutor students. It is a perfect example of how RSN students work collaboratively and can successfully apply their design and hand embroidery skills to new contexts and materials.”

Next, we will see William and Catherine on August 09 when they will be competing against each other at King’s Cup sailing regatta in Cowes for which they have already started practice.

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The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, today joined his wife the Duchess of Cambridge, who is the patron of AELTC, at the Wimbledon Men Singles Final for Roger Federer’s clash with Novak Djokovic on a sunny day in the royal box. Yesterday, Duchess attended the ladies final and men’s double with her sister Pippa Middleton Matthews.

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This was Catherine’s third appearance at the tennis tournament this year and overall 15th. Catherine who has attended the tournament almost every year was joined by her husband on the same day last year too. It’s lovely to see the couple enjoying the day together.

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Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the British Summer and Royal Calendar highlight. Since 1877, it has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon – a private club founded on 23 July 1868 in London and is played on outdoor grass courts. Duchess took the patronage of the AELTC in December 2016 from Her Majesty.

Before the match, William and Catherine met with the ballboys and ballgirls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A video of the couple. They were once again welcomed by the Wimbledon Chairman and his wife Gill Brook. Gill commented on the couple’s coordinating look.

The Duke of Kent, President of The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, and The Duke of Cambridge congratulate the players, ball boys and girls, staff and referees who have all made this year’s Wimbledon tournament a huge success.

The royal couple took the front row in the royal box to enjoy the match. During the match, Prince Louis gets signed Stan Smith shoes.

Catherine’s reactions during the match are worth waiting for a year.

It was an incredible match between two great players that lasted 5 sets for more than 2 hours. It was the longest single final in the history of Wimbledon. Finally the previous Wimbledon Champion Novak Djokovic was able to keep his title with 7-6(5), 1-6, 7-6(4), 4-6, 13-12(3) .

 

A match for the ages…

The moment @DjokerNole retained his crown to become #Wimbledon champion for a fifth time after a historic men’s singles final#JoinTheStory pic.twitter.com/zDQlEBviMD

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 14, 2019

The last shot of the match and the moment when Novak Djokovic retained his crown to become Wimbledon champion for a fifth time after a historic men’s singles final.

Today was the another first in the Wimbledon History. The AELTC Patron, Duchess of Cambridge presented the trophy at the tournament for the first time. It must have been a serene moment for Catherine who is a keen tennis fan and comes from a family where tennis is a sort of family thing. Watching her today presenting the trophy were her Mother Carole Middleton, sister Pippa Middleton Matthews and her younger brother James Middleton.

Usually, it is the Duke of Kent who has been President of the club for almos 50 years, presents the winning trophies.

Novak Djokovic bowed very sincerely to the Duchess before accepting his 5th Wmbledon Title.

Duchess congrulating Roger Federer, the runner-up after the longest match. Roger is a Middleton Family Friend who has also given private lessons to Prince George recently at Middleton fmaily home in Berkshire.

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For the day, Duchess debuted a new Emilia Wickstead Dress. She was wearing the label’s Jordin A-Line Cotton-Blend Dress in baby blue. Huge thanks to @Clouringtheclo1 on the twitter for the id.

The £605 dress from label’s Spring 2019 collection has a  fitted bodice, square neckline and a pleated skirt. The fully lined dress has a concealed zip fastening along the back and twisted strap detailing on the sleeves. The dress is also available in baby pink.

Catherine paired the dress with a new pair of pumps. She debuted Aldo Nicholes ankle strap pumps. Thanks to Laura on the quick id (although Yours truly also own the same pair, but was late to point it out). The $80 shoes are described as, “A 40s inspired stacked heel ankle strap pump, swathed in luxurious faux suede, brings a vintage touch to an indisputable must-have for the modern girl”.

Duchess brought back her In2Design Baroque Pearl Drop Earrings from Swedish label that we saw first time during Sweden visit in January 2018. A great coincident is, Duchess has worn the earrings twice since it’s debuted on July 14 that is the birth date of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria.

Catherine was carrying her UFO Clutch that she debuted in 2017 at the garden party. Lady Parky on twitter thinks its vintage Joseph clutch.

Her Ray-Ban Wayfarer II 55mm Sunglasses and Wimbledon bow finished the look.

Yesterday, while Catherine was out with her sister and sister-in-law to enjoy Wimbledon Ladies’ final match, Prince George and Princess Charlotte were having a family day out with their grandparents Carole and Michael Middleton at a local summer festival in Berkshire. People’s Magzine reported,

Enjoying all the traditional stalls and games at Englefield Summer Fete, 5-year-old George and his 4-year-old sister Charlotte had a blast with Kate’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton. “They were having such fun going from stall to stall, playing on all the games,” a local villager tells PEOPLE, adding: “George did pretty well at the ‘crockery smash’ stall. He looked very pleased with himself.”

Enjoying all the traditional stalls and games at Englefield Summer Fete, 5-year-old George and his 4-year-old sister Charlotte had a blast with Kate’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton.

“They were having such fun going from stall to stall, playing on all the games,” a local villager tells PEOPLE, adding: “George did pretty well at the ‘crockery smash’ stall. He looked very pleased with himself.”

The royal siblings enjoyed several turns on the inflatable bouncy slides, exploring the small gathering as they held hands with Kate’s parents.

“They were so cute, and Charlotte particularly was very friendly, politely saying hello to other children. George was running around, exactly like all the other children,“ says the local.

As the kids are on summer break, so Palace has not announced any schedule engagement for Duchess of Cambridge. I am expecting one or two unannounced engagmeents in the upcoming weeks otherwise we will see William and Catherine at the King’s Cup in August.