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100% obsessed with this photo of Catherine

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The Duchess of Cambridge’s Year in Review: December

December 2nd - The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum

December 7th - The Duchess of Cambridge visited Westminster Abbey to decorate it for her Together at Christmas concert and record her introduction

December 8th - Catherine held a phone meeting with Dr Nicholas Cullinan (Director of the National Portrait Gallery). Later, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge held a Carol Service in Westminster Abbey; the service was also attended by the Countess of Wessex, Princess Eugenie, Mr and Mrs Mapelli Mozzi, Mr and Mrs Tindall, Carole and Mike Middleton, James and Alizee Middleton, and Pippa Matthews

December 9th - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a Trustees’ Meeting for the Royal Foundation via video link

December 10th - The Cambridges released their annual Christmas card

December 14th - Catherine held an Early Years meeting

December 22nd - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge released a letter of gratitude to the NHS and NHS staff. Kensington Palace later released photographs of Catherine, taken on December 7th

December 24th - The Together at Christmas Carol Concert was aired on ITV, showing Catherine accompanying Tom Walker on the piano 

December 25th - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, alongside their children, were spotted returning home from St Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk

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WE NEVER CHANGE BUT WE NEVER STAY THE SAME EITHER | The Duchess of Cambridge looking at an exhibition of Fabergé eggs in 2011 (alongside The Queen) and 2021 (at the Victoria and Albert Museum)

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FABERGE | The exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum features the largest display of his legendary Imperial Easter Eggs in a generation, several of which are being shown in the UK for the first time

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V & A | The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Victoria and Albert Museum to see a new exhibit, Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution

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Kieran McCarthy, who curated the Fabergé exhibit, spoke about the Duchess of Cambridge’s interest in the Fabergé eggs, saying:

“There was a lot of why and wherefore in the discussion, which was very interesting because it takes a sophistication to look beyond seeing the spectacle to actually probe into the details, and that was there.”

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EXHIBIT | The 200+ item collection included three eggs donated by Her Majesty the Queen (they had been purchased by King George V and Queen Mary) – the Basket of Flowers Egg, the Colonnade Egg Clock, and the Mosaic Egg

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The Duchess of Cambridge was accompanied by V&A director Tristram Hunt and curator Kieran McCarthy | December 2 2021