Usually when the Duchess of Cambridge steps out in recycled outfits, women across the country look on with admiration and think, ‘maybe she is like us after all’.
But after Kate made her first public appearance since giving birth five weeks ago, those approving looks will probably be tinged with a little bit of envy.
Yesterday the Duchess, 31, stepped out in a recycled jacket and blouse, and, sensationally, her pre-pregnancy trademark skinny jeans, revealing just how quickly she has managed to snap back into shape.
As well as the ?180 jeans by designer Paige, she wore a ?39 sleeveless patterned blouse by Zara – last worn when she was just a few months pregnant – with a ?570 Ralph Lauren hacking jacket and her favourite ?80 Pied a Terre wedges.
The Duchess hadn’t planned to step back into action so soon, with her first official engagement not scheduled until September 12.
But earlier this week sources indicated that she was considering joining Prince William to officially start a marathon on Anglesey, where the couple have lived for two years.
Kate is understood to have been keen to thank locals for their support and discretion before the couple return to London after William’s search and rescue RAF posting ends next month.
In the end a decision wasn’t made until just a few hours before the event yesterday morning, after aides were told that ‘little rascal’ Prince George, as his father likes to call him, had given his parents a relatively peaceful night.
While speaking to locals at the event, the Duchess revealed that her mother, Carole – or granny as she called her – had come up to North Wales to babysit.
‘He’s doing very well. He’s with granny at the moment. He’s sleeping well but I know these things suddenly change at a minute’s notice,’ she told fellow mother Sarah Bingham, 38.
Marian Wyn-Jones, High Sheriff of Gwynedd, said: ‘We were talking about the joy she was having from George and how quick he was changing, she couldn’t quite believe it. She’s enjoying every minute of it. He’s getting quite huge, she said.’
But it seems the Duchess has been finding time to re-start her fitness regime.
Will Stewart, park warden at Holyhead Breakwater Country Park, where the gruelling three-day Ring O’Fire race started, said the Duchess told him she was ‘genuinely interested’ in doing some more walking around the area, ‘especially after the baby’.
He said: ‘She said she wants to get back into shape. I said, “You don’t need to worry about that”. She looked great.’
Although aides have remained tight-lipped about her fitness regime, Kate is sporty and is known to have kept fit by walking her dog, Lupo, and taking part in ante-natal yoga classes, which are said to help women regain their figure by ‘training’ muscles to snap back into shape.
Sarah Barrett, managing editor of website BabyCentre UK, said: ‘Kate looks fantastic – and we wouldn’t be surprised if a little yoga was part of her secret.’
據(jù)英國《每日郵報》8月30日報道,英國王妃、劍橋公爵夫人凱特29日出席了安格爾西島馬拉松開賽儀式,這是她自7月23日抱著喬治小王子亮相后的首次公開露面。
現(xiàn)年31歲的凱特穿著樸素,一件39英鎊的Zara無袖襯衫還是懷孕時就穿過的,此外,她還身穿一件價值570英鎊的拉爾夫·勞倫騎裝上衣和一條180英鎊的Paige牛仔褲。
據(jù)了解,凱特原本沒有打算這么快“復(fù)工”,她的第一次官方活動被安排在9月12日。29日她與丈夫威廉王子一起出席安格爾西島的馬拉松開賽儀式,是為了感謝當(dāng)?shù)厝藢λ麄兊闹С?,他們在這里住了兩年。威廉王子將在9月結(jié)束皇家空軍搜救隊的飛行員工作,屆時他將和凱特搬回倫敦。
凱特在參加活動時透露,她的母親卡羅爾已經(jīng)前來替他們照顧喬治小王子了。“他很好,現(xiàn)在正跟外婆在一起。他睡得很香,但也可能下一分鐘就開始鬧騰。”
格溫內(nèi)思郡的名譽(yù)部長瑪麗安·溫—瓊斯說:“我們討論了喬治王子帶給她(凱特)帶來的喜悅,他長得很快,簡直令她難以置信。”
凱特當(dāng)天穿著緊身牛仔褲,身材苗條一如往昔。凱特很喜歡運(yùn)動,據(jù)悉她會通過遛狗來保持體形,并且還去上過產(chǎn)前瑜伽課。英國Babycenter網(wǎng)站的總編輯薩拉·巴雷特說:“凱特看上去棒極了。如果瑜伽是她保持身材的小秘訣的話,我們一點(diǎn)也不感到驚訝。”