Beauty Icon Wednesday: Lady Kate, Duchess of Cambridge

Name: Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, born January 9th, 1982


Known for: that smile, that hair, almost single-handedly bringing The Fascinator into the mainstream and - oh yeah - fulfilling every little girl's dream of becoming a Princess.


I am well aware that I’m arriving a little late to this royal-loving party - the Brits have been watching Kate from the early days of the 'are they or aren't they' relationship with Prince William. But then, once the engagement was announced, it's been nothing but Will and Kate and Royal Wedding countdown that ended on April 29th of this year when the two were married at Westminster Abbey. After that, it was more about Kate's sister Pippa and that now-infamous posterior. To be fair, and maybe it was a combination of the camera angle and bias-cut of the dress, it did look pretty spectacular. 

I have a very good reason for jumping on the Team Kate bandwagon now when it's already so late in the game - the newest Windsor Royal couple is currently making their first official visit to my home and native land. In my defense, I'm not a newbie to all things Royal. I was a big fan of the Royals in my younger years. As a child, I woke up at 5:30am to watch that first beautiful modern-day Princess walk down the aisle in St Pauls in that fabulous thirty foot train, and even went so far as to name my first pet goldfish Charles and Diana. And although no one is hoping that Will and Kate's marriage will go in that same direction, there is a lot of pressure on the new Duchess. 


She has some very well-heeled and enormously influential shoes to fill. Judging from her performance thus far, with this her first official visit as a Royal,  she's off to a cracking start.