Kate Middleton’s ‘simple’ Mother’s Day with embarrassing memory ‘she’ll want to erase’

The Princess of Wales will be celebrating Mother’s Day next week with her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – and royal expert Jennie Bond says it’ll be a very special day for Kate

The Princess of Wales was a picture of royal elegance as she celebrated St Patrick’s Day with the Irish Guards – an occasion that also saw her enjoying a traditional drink of Guinness. Kate, who is colonel of the regiment, joined the Guards at the Wellington Barracks last week for the 125th anniversary event as she continues her very welcome return to royal duties.

Dressed in a stunning tailored bottle green Alexander McQueen coat and a Lock & Co hat by renowned milliner Awon Gold, Kate returned to the parade ground for the first time since her cancer diagnosis to present medals to servicemen recently deployed oversees, before meeting the Irish Wolf Hound mascot Turlough Mór, and undertaking the tradition of handing sprigs of shamrock to the officers.

Following the official parade a smiling Kate, who received a three-cheer salute in her absence from the Guards on St Patrick’s Day last year while she dealt with her cancer diagnosis, earned even more adoration and respect from the guardsmen when she joined them in the junior ranks’ cookhouse – and put money behind the bar for a round of drinks, and enjoyed a half-pint of ‘the black stuff’ herself.

The mother of three, who first visited the Irish Guards on St Patrick’s Day in 2021 at the Mons Barracks in Hampshire after taking over the role of colonel from Prince William, later sat down with some of the soldiers to discuss their work, before also taking the time to sit with and chat to their families.