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The Princess of Wales showed her love for sustainable fashion when she visited a nursery in Bedfordshire today.
Kate Middleton, 41, opted to wear one of her favorite Massimo Dutti coats, which she wore several times, to meet local children at Foxcubs Nursery in Luton this morning.
She paired the £349 coat with a £1,600 red sweater and skirt combo by Gabriela Hearst and trendy winter boots for the occasion.
The mother-of-three looked typically poised during the engagement and couldn’t resist playing with some of the kids left behind at daycare today.
Kate Middleton, 41, opted to wear a £349 Massimo Dutty coat she’s worn in the past, to meet local children at Foxcubs Nursery in Luton this morning.
For her outing in Bedfordshire, the princess wore the comfortable sweater and skirt combination, which she styled at the waist with a black leather belt.
Royalty draped in knitwear by New York designer Gabriella Hearst, who has become a favorite of Kate’s in recent years.
The designer is known for her green credentials, with her first fall/winter 2017 show produced to have as little environmental impact as possible.
Gabriella focuses on sustainability with her designs, sourcing from dead materials and opting for eco-friendly fabrics like linen, as well as choosing to use recycled yarns whenever she can.
She paired the coat with a £1,600 red sweater and skirt combo by Gabriela Hearst and trendy winter boots for the occasion.
The mother-of-three looked typically poised during the engagement and couldn’t resist playing with some of the kids who were left at daycare today.
She is also known for being a favorite of Meghan Markle, who regularly wore the designer while working as a royal.
She dressed in the camel cashmere-blend coat, which she added to her wardrobe in 2020 and has worn on multiple occasions since.
She paired the look with black velvet knee-high boots that elongated her leg.
She also accessorized with a black velvet clutch that matched her choice of shoes.
Her hazelnut locks were styled in a shiny, wavy updo that cascaded down her shoulder as she walked into the nursery.
The princess first wore the elegant orange knit dress during a visit to Boston in December last year.
For her daytime engagement, Kate wore simple makeup, with just a hint of bronzer to complement her healthy glow, and some mascara and eyeliner.
She added a hint of pink with a glossy lip and cheek highlights.
Amidst a backdrop of growing backlash against her brother-in-law, Kate, who has a passion for early years development and created the Royal Foundation Early Childhood Center in 2021, refused to take her focus this morning. while throwing himself into his work.
Meanwhile, Kate has worn the coat on a number of occasions in the past, including to visit paramedics in East London in 2020 (left) and in 2021 (right).
When she arrived at the nursery, Kate thanked the staff members for welcoming her and commented on the cold but brilliant weather.
“I was just saying it’s such a beautiful day,” he mused as he shook hands with staff, though he commented on the “cold mornings” the UK has had.
He greeted the crèche staff members with a handshake and commented on the ‘beautiful day’, before sitting down to play and chat with the children.
After a chat with the nursery staff, Kate was looking forward to sitting down for an arts and crafts session with the kids, and even played a game of peekaboo with some of her bunny masks.
Who is behind the mask? It looked like the Princess of Wales could barely contain her laughter as she held the bunny mask to her face.
The mask slides off! The adorable babe revealed her identity when she briefly removed the mask from her face, looking sweet with her curls.
The princess was caught on camera trying not to laugh as she hid her face behind a bunny mask, which had been decorated by the children at the nursery.
Kate’s professional behavior comes after a source close to Kate told The Mirror she was ‘too busy’ with her homework to pay much attention to the allegations made by Harry on Spare and in the various television interviews she has done to promote him.
The newspaper reported that while the Princess of Wales was ‘baffled’ by Prince Harry’s claims in ‘Spare’, she had ‘already moved on’ as she prepares to launch an early years development program for children between ages three and five.
Today the Princess of Wales demonstrated her commitment to early years studies and development in her visit to Foxcubs, which Ofsted described as ‘outstanding’.
The daycare is run by the Early Years Alliance and offers 70 places for local children ages two to five, Kate’s main area of focus.