Brooching the Subject of a Mother Canada Goose Tour

Mid-August 2016, Anmer Hall. Early evening and Catherine (Kate), Duchess of Cambridge is searching her dressing table for the Queen’s diamond maple leaf brooch – a Royal heirloom the family share – ahead of her forthcoming Canada tour. She is doing this rather absent-mindedly because she is also trying to decide if George and Charlotte should come. The invitation has …

Somme Buggy’s Tents as George Gets Out ‘n’ About

Sunday 3 July, Amiens, France. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are in Thiepval, having joined commemorations for the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. In a majestic f*** up, the Palace didn’t book rooms early enough in the only five star hotel in the area and Air BnB only had studio flats with integrated bathrooms …

A Question of SportsAid Dishes for a Duchess

Thursday morning, 08.30, Kensington Apartment 1A. Catherine (Kate), Duchess of Cambridge, is getting out of the shower. She hopes her slimline gin & lime body gel scent will linger through the evening’s SportsAid dinner she is hosting, as it is her turn to do bedtime so she won’t have time to wash later. She is keeping an eye on Charlotte …

Princess Charlotte Cries and Her Mum Spins a Sleep Solution

Mid-morning at Anmer Hall, on the last Bank Holiday Monday in May. Princess Charlotte’s cries float through the windows of her bedroom to the garden below, where William, Duke of Cambridge, is putting the final touches to pork balls he probably won’t barbecue because rain is forecast. Kate is gathering her gardening forks, wondering what to wear to the forthcoming …