Kate Middleton and Prince William planted a tree at a garden party

While Queen Elizabeth II with members of the royal family opens the Ascot-2016 races, Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton take part in a garden party held in Northern Ireland.

Kate quickly coped with the tree planting

The annual event, which gathers prominent charitable organizations under one roof, was held at Hillsborough Castle, the residence of the royal family. Since 1984, this event has a tradition - the planting of young seedlings. They planted the tree for Kate, despite the fact that Prince William was there. To the great surprise of those present, Middleton did not lose her head and took a shovel in her hands. Throw in the hole of the earth did not prevent either high-heeled shoes, or fragile physique. As for the outfit, then in Ireland, she flew in a summer coat Day Birger et Mikkelsen cream color. He had already repeatedly put on it, but the audience saw the accessories that complemented the image for the first time. It was a hat in the form of a flower, which the duchess corrected all the time, and a brooch - a leaf of a clover, a symbol of Ireland.

After the standard planting procedure, the royal couple went to communicate with subjects, and there were quite a few of them. The first person who could talk with Kate was the Minister of Northern Ireland Affairs Teresa Villiers. The conversation took place in the office of David Cameron and was short-lived. Very soon, Middleton returned to the guests.

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Over the past 20 years, there has not been a year that the family of monarchs did not arrive on this holiday. In 2014, he was visited by Elizabeth II, in that year the honorable guests were Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, and in this planted the trees had William and Kate. This is their first visit to Northern Ireland, as a pair of British monarchs.

The garden party-2016 was organized by the first minister of Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson. She was sold to more than 2500 tickets.