According to People, while talking to the Michelin-star chefs at the event, Kate commented that, “William was looking forward to a break from her cooking when the couple attended the gala dinner”. The charity’s event titled “A Taste of Norfolk” was held to help raise funds for EACH’s new hospice.
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Kate has gone from 20-something to 30-something and had two children in that time, and she looks the same and the dress fits the same too. And rather than chivalrously denying his wife lacked finesse in the kitchen, cheeky Prince William, also 34, went along with the joke. Reprising a glittering soft pink Jenny Packham gown, which the duchess wore to the ARK dinner gala in 2011, she reminded us all that the best things in our wardrobes deserve to be worn again. Author and EACH ambassador Anthony Horowitz OBE, and host The Marquess of Cholmondeley, then delivered speeches.
Meeting the French chef Claude Bosi, the Duke took the opportunity to chat about football.
He spoke about his relief that England would face Iceland instead of Portugal in Nice on Monday. “We’re quite happy about that because we didn’t want Ronaldo coming into form”, the future King, who is president of the FA, said.
The evening featured a performance by the charity’s own Treehouse choir. Charlotte and her family received care and support from EACH in Ipswich when her son Elliot died at just a few hours old.
“I feel a little bit like Mussolini standing here”, he joked, before thanking the Cambridges for their support.
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Royal watchers quickly recognised it as the same dress she donned back in 2011 for her very first royal engagement after she tied the knot with Prince William.
