The Palace announced today that Kate is taking over patronage of the Royal Photographic Society — this makes A LOT of sense, given her affinity for photography — and she came out to celebrate it with a photography workshop with another one of her patronages, Action for Children, which is celebrating their 150th anniversary.
This is an amazing picture of the queen:
Her Majesty The Queen has passed the Patronage of @The_RPS to The Duchess of Cambridge, having held the role for 67 years.
The Royal Photographic Society was founded in 1853 with the objective of promoting the art and science of photography. pic.twitter.com/RwhwiBeoVl
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) June 25, 2019
Kate is really good with kids, you can tell:
Kate talks cameras. It’s a foreign language to blunts (reporters) like me. pic.twitter.com/2sYCzCtrVj
— Richard Palmer (@RoyalReporter) June 25, 2019
That kid is clearly VERY enamored of this camera, too — look, he’s so distracted by it here. Our next great photojournalist! (I also love that two of the kids wore their best stripe-y shirts. Y’all get it!)
Posing for a picture. pic.twitter.com/y5uTCJig9V
— Richard Palmer (@RoyalReporter) June 25, 2019
There was a lot of hugging and chatting at this event:
This!
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge hugs Faith Olukoya at a photography workshop for @actnforchildren, run by the Royal Photographic Society at Warren Park. Photo by @Chris_Jackson/ @GettyImages https://t.co/m55EdfliSJ pic.twitter.com/iRQwUszWMj
— Derek Momodu (@DelMody) June 25, 2019
Clothing-wise: This dress was a MYSTERY for quite a while. Just as I was fixing to publish this post, Bethan Holt of The Telegraph figured out that it’s by Ridley London, albeit in a different fabric, so I’m not sure if this dress is VERY old or so new that it’s not out yet. (And she’s had the wedges forever, though I did just learn that you can get them in coral now, which I actually like better.) I like it very much. I love the pattern; she looks like the inside of a very fancy Crane’s envelope.
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