Kate in Canada

Kate and Wills look so loved up it makes me wistful. Still, I expect it's easy to be loved up when you've got minions pandering to your every need. Yes, I know that their retinue is notably smaller than that of Prince Charles, who is famously rumoured have a bloke who loads his toothbrush with paste, but it's still a life of luxury. If they were both juggling jobs, a home business and getting by on three days of nursery a week because they couldn't afford five, and they'd been together since 1997, they wouldn't spend so much time beaming at each other. Ahem. He would be quite dishy if it wasn't for that bloody bald patch, which pretty much ruins everything. Still, compare these pictures to early images of Charles and Diana on their first tour, in which she looks terrified, and he barely acknowledges her.

Kate is travelling around Canada with a personal hairdresser, but she continues to rewear old favourites, which gets my thumbs up. This idea that you should never be seen in the same outfit twice seems old fashioned now, and increasinly unethical. So she teamed her white Reiss engagement dress with a maple leaf hat, and brought along a bird print Issa first worn back in 2007, and again on the eve of her wedding. She's showcased two pieces by Canadian designer Erdem Moralioglu and borrowed a maple leaf brooch from the Queen. Despite a couple of forays into purple and grey, there's a very definite red, white and blue theme. She's still a misguided devotee of shiny tights. She needs those matt 'make up for your legs' ones. She can't eschew them entirely, despite having the legs for it, because she's royal. Total cost of her Canada wardrobe a 'mere' £40K.

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