Kate Middleton is polished in a £400 Self Portrait dress as she joins Anne for their FIRST ever joint engagement.

 

Kate Middleton appeared flawlessly poised as she joined Princess Anne on their first joint royal engagement to visit maternity healthcare organisations today.

The Duchess of Cambridge, 40, and the Princess Royal, 71, arrived collectively at the headquarters of their respective patronages, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), in London.

Appearing generally stylish, mother-of-three Kate donned an stylish £400 Self Portrait oatmeal dress, which was once cinched at the waist with a dainty belt and featured subtle floral details, while Princess Anne opted for a teal coat and matching scarf.

While the pair have regarded in public collectively at previous household engagements, this is the first time the Duchess and Princess have teamed up for an time out which sees simply the two of them attending.

In 2018, the Duchess grew to become the purchaser of the RCOG and the Princess Royal has been consumer of the RCM for 20 years, with both their roles in the past held via the Queen Mother.

During the outing, the Princess Royal left midwives and the Duchess of Cambridge in stitches when she recalled fearing one of her babies had grow to be 'wedged' when she tripped over in a horse lorry whilst closely pregnant.

The Queen's daughter was chatting to maternity specialists whilst being shown a demonstration of a new Intrapartum Foetal Surveillance tool, which video display units the security of toddlers in the course of labour in order to alert medical workforce to start a delivery if the baby's head receives stuck in the mother's pelvis.

'Wedged?' requested Anne, to laughter.

The princess - who is a mom to Peter Phillips, 44, and Zara Tindall, 40 - then informed the team how she feared that would occur to her at some point of one of her pregnancies, adding: 'I thought, this is a bit interesting... ended up the proper way up though.'

Professor Tim Draycott, vice president of RCOG and Professor of Obstetrics - who was helping to display the tool, stated later: 'She stated she had tripped over in a horse lorry whilst closely pregnant and thinking that had happened.'

The tool has been developed over the past 5 years by way of the Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth collaboration, which hopes to pilot it later this 12 months and roll it out nationwide in 2023.

For her outing today, Kate stored her lengthy locks loose and sported a smattering of glamorous makeup, as properly as a £125 pearl necklace from Monica Vinader and a pair of dainty Annoushka pearl earrings.

Completing her appear with a matching oatmeal Emmy London snatch and a pair of nude Gianvito Rossi heels, Kate's midi wrap dress featured a long sleeve bodice, a outfitted waist and pleated midi skirt, as properly as accentuated shoulder pads.

Looking equally sophisticated, Princess Anne opted for a long-sleeved coat, teamed with based black shoes for day trip with the Duchess.

When the princess and duchess arrived they were welcomed through RCM chief executive Gill Walton and RCOG president Dr Edward Morris.

The royal duo heard about the methods in which the RCM and the RCOG are working collectively to improve maternal health care, ensuring girls are receiving the most secure and first-class care possible at one of the most sizeable instances in their lives.

Home to a collection of women’s healthcare organisations, the headquarters has been designed by the RCOG to foster collaboration throughout the sector.

The royals met with representatives from Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement, and learnt about the innovative digital tools that are being developed to become aware of and assist women with higher danger pregnancies.

The duchess and the princess watched Dr Katie Cornthwaite, an obstetrics and gynaecology registrar, provide a demonstration of new education for health workers faced with delivering, by caesarean, an infant whose head is wedged in the pelvis - an trouble that is a growing litigation problem for the NHS.

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