Over the weekend I updated the gallery with 200+ high quality photos from Kate’s last three appearances. Huge thanks to Holly from evan-peters.com for donating the photos to us.

GALLERY LINKS:
– [September 18] England v Fiji – Group A: Rugby World Cup 2015
– [September 25] Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust
– [September 26] England v Wales – Rugby World Cup 2015

Official Site — The Duchess of Cambridge has heard the uplifting stories of offenders battling their addictions in a unique unit within a women’s prison.

Her Royal Highness sat down and chatted with the female prisoners and ex-offenders during her first trip to a jail – HMP Send near Guildford, Surrey.

During the visit, The Duchess met women prisoners to hear their personal stories of how they became addicts, and what role addiction played in their offending. A significant focus of the visit was understanding the impact of addiction on the prisoners’ families and the mental illness and other challenges that are often a feature of their pasts. She also heard from ex-prisoners and graduates of the RAPt programme who benefited from the treatment during their time at HMP Send. They spoke about their journey to recovery and how the programme has subsequently helped them live a drug and crime-free life.

The visit reflects the Duchess’s interest in learning how organisations support people living with substance misuse issues, and the impact of addiction within the wider family network.

Following the visit, The Duchess of Cambridge said:

“I was reminded today how addictions lie at the heart of so many social issues and how substance misuse can play such destructive role in vulnerable people’s lives. I saw again today that a failure to intervene early in life to tackle mental health problems and other challenges can have profound consequences for people throughout their lives.

I am grateful to the women I met for sharing their difficult personal stories with me. It is encouraging to learn how organisations like RAPt are offering specialist support to help people break the cycle of addiction and look forward to a positive and crime free life.”

The RAPt addiction treatment programme at HMP Send is the only 12-step prison-based drug and alcohol programme for women in the country. It is tailored to support the needs of women with addiction who have often experienced deep trauma and need specialist support to build a positive and crime free life. The programme focusses on building healthy relationships with partners, children and other family members after the often traumatic and damaging impact of addiction and crime.
RAPt helps people from the moment they begin a rehabilitation programme in prison, through to leaving prison and building a productive life in the community. That can include meeting someone at the gate on the day of release, helping them to find housing, or supporting them to access training and a job.

Half of all prisoners in this country are estimated to have committed crime associated with drugs (Ministry of Justice, 2013), and alcohol is a factor in nearly half of all violent crime (Office for National Statistics, 2014).  According to RAPt, over two thirds of those who have completed the programme are still drug and alcohol free three months after release from prison.

RAPt has worked closely with children’s mental health chairty Place2Be, of which The Duchess is Patron. A joint research report from the two charities can be found here.

The Duchess is Patron of the charity Action on Addiction and through her involvement with the organisation is aware that substance dependency lies at the heart of many social issues.

GALLERY LINK:
[September 25] Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust

Today (July 26) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended The America’s Cup World Series. Catherine is the Royal Patron of the 1851 Trust. The royals were on hand to offer support at the sailing event that was cancelled due to bad weather, but the pair stayed and took part in other activities, and tours. You can now check out 100+ high quality photos in the gallery.

GALLERY LINK:
– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [July 26] The America’s Cup World Series

Today (March 27) The Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge were in South London to undergo three separate engagements. These will be Kate’s final engagements until the baby is born sometime in April. Their first stop was at the Stephen Lawrence Centre in Deptford, their second engagement was at the XLP Centre followed by the XLP community bus and an XLP mobile recording studio in Sydenham. You can now view 400+ high quality photos in the gallery. Huge thanks to my friend Mary for donating photos.

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– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [March 27] Stephen Lawrence Centre, XLP Centre, Bus & Studio

Today (March 18) The Duchess of Cambridge continued her busy month of engagements by stopping at the Brookhill Children’s Centre in London, England.The Home Start-supported centre helps parents struggling with issues including mental illness, bereavement and disabilities. You can check out 87 high quality photos in the gallery. Once again a huge thanks goes out to

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– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [March 18] Brookhill Children’s Centre

Thanks so much to Holly for donating over 100+ high quality photos from Catherine’s last two engagements at the Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) Headquarters, Emma Bridgewater Factory, and Action For Children’s Cape Hill Children’s Centre. Enjpy!

GALLERY LINKS:
– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [February 12] Ben Ainslie Racing Headquarters
– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [February 18] Emma Bridgewater Factory & Cape Hill Children’s Centre

I’ve added 200+ high quality photos from Kate’s two engagements today at the Emma Bridgewater Factory & Cape Hill Children’s Centre. Thanks so much to Mary for donating photos!

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– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [February 18] Emma Bridgewater Factory & Cape Hill Children’s Centre

Telegraph — The Duchess of Cambridge showed off her Mustique tan – and her growing baby bump – as she met Sir Ben Ainslie in Portsmouth today.

The Duchess, who has just returned from a two-week family holiday on the Caribbean island with the Duke of Cambridge, Prince George and the Middletons, looked suitably bronzed in a cream MaxMara coat.

But it was her noticeably bigger baby bump that was attracting the most attention. The Duchess is due to give birth in April to a brother or sister for Prince George.

The Duchess was helping to promote Sir Ben’s attempts to get young people involved in sailing and the marine industry.

Underneath her coat she wore a nautically-themed navy blue shift dress with a sailing boat motif of red yachts with white sails from Somerset by Alice Temperley.

Sir Ben’s Portsmouth-based Ben Ainslie Racing is aiming to win the America’s Cup for Britain for the first time, and his 1851 Trust works with under-25s to inspire them to take to the sea.

The Duchess, who is Royal Patron of the 1851 Trust – named after the year the America’s Cup left Britain, never to return – was making her first visit to its headquarters.

She also attended a reception at the port’s Spinnaker Tower landmark to meet people involved in the Ben Ainslie Racing project and to view exhibits destined for a visitor centre being built by the Trust which will open in July.
It is billed as an “interactive showcase for the sport of sailing, sustainability and innovation”.

The Duchess, a keen artist, was invited to contribute to a mural painted by local people at Sir Ben’s headquarters, depicting the water and skyline from Portsmouth to Ryde on the Isle of Wight.

The Duchess painted in five crewmen, including Sir Ben, on a picture of a racing yacht, showing their backsides hanging over the side of the boat.

“Make it accurate,” Sir Ben told her, as she painted in his bottom.

She was asked to sign the painting but politely declined.

Art teacher James Waterfield from Park Community School in Leigh Park, Havant, stood alongside the Duchess as she did her painting.

“I was so worried about getting paint on her fantastic white coat,” he said.

“She told me she was painting yesterday with baby George and she should have brought him down because he loves doing all of this.”

Sir Ben said the Duchess had successfully handled a sailing simulator, adding: “It does make you sick, but she was fine.”

On her way to the Spinnaker Tower the 33-year-old Duchess stopped to chat to construction workers who are working round the clock to get the new centre finished in time for Ben to make it his base from May.

The workers downed their tools to watch her and gave her presents of hi-visibility vests saying The Boss for her, The Future Boss for George and The Boss’s Best Friend for cocker spaniel Lupo.

Inside the tower the Duchess had to tuck her baby bump out of the way as she tried her hand at a power grinder, a hand-operated device for winding in sails.

Sir Ben said: “It was great to have her here and she was looking well.

“She’s very interested in everything. She was really interested in how we are designing the boats and in the most secretive parts of that.

“There are a lot of very smart people working very hard on that.”

The Duchess delighted the waiting crowd outside by going on an impromptu walkabout.

She stopped to talk to nursery worker Kady Baulf, 28, from Portsmouth, who had taken the day off work specially to see her.

Kady said: “I asked her how George is and she said he’s fine. I wished her good luck with the new baby. She said I looked lovely and shook my hand.”

The Duchess also spoke to Rosemarie Thomas, 65, and stroked her pet Beagle Beagy.

Rosemarie said: “She said how lovely she was and asked her name. She’s clearly a dog lover. It’s fantastic, very exciting.”

GALLERY LINK:
– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [February 12] Ben Ainslie Racing Headquarters

Today (January 19) The Duchess Of Cambridge made multiple appearances today first stopping for coffee at Family and Friends, an organization that helps families living in disadvantaged areas of Kensington and Chelsea. Kate then went to Kensington Aldridge Academy in North Kensington where she unveiled a plaque commemorating her visit. Her last appearance of the day was at the Kensington Leisure Centre where she was given a tour of the facilities and watched a performance from the children. The Duchess was also gifted with an inflatable duck for Prince George and talked about how she could feel the baby moving! How exciting! Be sure to check out 200+ high quality photos in the gallery.

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– Appearances & Events Photos > 2015 > [January 19] Visit To Kensington