Kate Middleton honors Ukraine with jewelry on Commonwealth Day

Kate Middleton’s chasing away the Monday blues.

The Duchess of Cambridge joined the royal household on the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in the present day — and whereas her blue Catherine Walker coat gown mirrored one of many colours of the Commonwealth’s flag, her outfit additionally revealed a touching hidden which means.

The sapphire-and-diamond earrings and necklace she sported had been the identical ones she wore to fulfill Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky again in 2020, as eagle-eyed blogger The Courtroom Jeweller pointed out on Twitter.

On the time, Middleton paired the earrings and beforehand unseen necklace with a cornflower blue belted gown when she and Prince William held an viewers with Zelensky and his spouse, Olena.

This isn’t the primary time Middleton, 40, has proven her assist by way of vogue for the folks of Ukraine. On March 9, she sported a flag pin and an Alexander McQueen sweater in Ukrainian blue to go to a Ukrainian cultural heart in London.

For in the present day’s outing, the duchess wore her pillbox hat additionally by Catherine Walker, who was a favourite of the late Princess Diana and whose attire Middleton wears usually.

Commonwealth Day is an annual occasion that celebrates the 54 member nations and a couple of.5 billion folks world wide who come collectively to make the Commonwealth of Nations.

At the moment marks the primary time the service was held in particular person since 2020’s memorable occasion — the final outing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attended with the royal household earlier than leaving for a life in California.

Sadly, the Queen opted to remain dwelling for in the present day’s service, with the 95-year-old remaining at Windsor Castle as she continues taking up gentle duties following her recovery from COVID-19.

Nonetheless, she took the event to difficulty an announcement reaffirming her dedication to the crown. “On this 12 months of my Platinum Jubilee, it has given me pleasure to resume the promise I made in 1947, that my life will all the time be devoted in service,” she mentioned.

Within the Queen’s absence, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall attended together with the Queen’s cousin Princess Alexandra and the Cambridges.

Whereas Kate and William skipped the BAFTAs, royal vogue followers are in luck: She’ll seem once more at a St. Patrick’s Day occasion this week.