Showbiz: A year of the Duchess of Cambridge

By Naomi GordonPublished: 05 December 2012

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The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William announce their engagement in November 2010. Middleton wore a blue Issa dress which sold out following their announcement.

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The Duchess of Cambridge wore an embellished pale liliac £1000 Matthew Williamson dress to the premiere of African Cats with Prince William at the London BFI in April.

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The Duchess of Cambridge attended her first ever Buckingham Palace garden party and wore a pale pink dress by Emilia Wickstead with a matching Jane Corbett hat.

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The Duchess of Cambridge attends a private dinner thrown by the Thirty Club at Claridge's and wore a cream Roland Mouret gown with crackled silver Jimmy Choo heels.

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The Duchess of Cambridge, in green silk Diane Von Furstenberg dress, and Prince William attend a private reception at the British Consul-General's residence in Los Angeles last July.

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The Duchess of Cambridge chats to a friend at a charity polo match last month wearing a £290 Libelula teal petal print frock teamed with a pair of wedges.

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The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William celebrated the countdown to the 2012 Olympics at Our Greatest Team Rises gala dinner at the Royal Albert Hall. The Duchess wore a teal Jenny Packham gown and pair of silver Jimmy Choos.

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Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge attend the BAFTA 'Brits To Watch' event on Los Angeles. The Duchess wore a hand-painted chinoiserie silk dress by Jenny Packham.

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The Duchess of Cambridge plays hockey in a pair of coral coloured skinny jeans with the 2012 Olympic teamin Stratford.

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The Duchess of Cambridge wears a silver Grecian-style gown by designer Jenny Packham as she attends the National Memorial Arboretum Appeal at St James's Palace, London.

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The Duchess of Cambridge arrives at Zara Philips wedding to Mike Tindall in a cream embroidered coat and over-sized hat which she also wore to Laura Parker Bowles wedding in 2006.

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Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry arrive at The Sun Military Awards last December, with the Duchess looking elegant in a £4,000 simple black strapless dress by Alexander McQueen.

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The Duchess of Cambridge was greeted by the England squad as they opened the National Football Centre in Burton-upon-Trent.

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The Duchess of Cambridge hugs a young fan in Newcastle.

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Duchess of Cambridge wears a red-wine coloured suit by French designer Paule Ka as she joins Prince William on an official engagment at the Middle Temple Treasury in London.