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Considering she’s pregnant,<br />
Kate’s wardrobe will need to<br />
be practical and comfortable<br />
as well as stylish<br />
bringing a huge boost to the chosen designers –<br />
as Kate is sure to do some 25 years on.<br />
“Like Diana, Kate will be a huge success<br />
Stateside,” US-based social columnist Richard<br />
Mineards told hello!. “When she visited Santa<br />
Barbara and Los Angeles with William in 2011,<br />
she showed enormous poise and style on her first<br />
major visit abroad.<br />
“The polo match in which William participated<br />
in Santa Barbara raised an astounding $5million<br />
for the Prince’s charities in the five hours they<br />
were there; that shows the value of royal<br />
presence, particularly Kate, who impressed<br />
everyone with her dignity and charm.”<br />
SALE OF THE CENTURY<br />
Diana’s visits to New York came at a different<br />
stage in her life and she made powerful friends<br />
– including Hillary Clinton, Washington Post<br />
publisher Kay Graham, British expats Anna<br />
Wintour (editor of US Vogue), and Tina Brown,<br />
who has edited Vanity Fair and the New Yorker<br />
magazines in her time and wrote a controversial<br />
biography of the Princess – hoping they would all<br />
draw attention to the charities she supported.<br />
In 1995 she again flew to the city, this time to<br />
receive the Humanitarian of the Year Award.<br />
“There were motorcades, Secret Service agents,<br />
adoring crowds and rooms full of rich, powerful<br />
and beautiful people to be charmed,” wrote her<br />
private secretary Patrick Jephson in his memoirs<br />
of his time with Diana.<br />
Her last visit to Manhattan, in June 1997 – two<br />
months before her death – was prompted by<br />
Prince William. Aged 14, he said: “Mummy, you<br />
are running out of cupboard space and you’re<br />
not going to be wearing any of these clothes<br />
again – I really think something should be done<br />
with them.”<br />
A now world-famous charity auction raised<br />
$3.26million in aid of the National Aids Trust<br />
and the Royal Marsden Hospital. Said Diana at<br />
the time: “The inspiration for this wonderful sale<br />
comes from just one person: William.”<br />
So there is a resonance between Diana’s love<br />
affair with New York and the forthcoming visit of<br />
William and Kate. Charity is at its heart – but<br />
wearing a wardrobe full of showstoppers is a<br />
vital ingredient, too.<br />
H<br />
REPORT: CHRISTOPHER WILSON<br />
ADDITIONAL REPORTING: SALLY MORGAN. PHOTOS: ALPHA. BARCROFT MEDIA. GETTY IMAGES. REUTERS. REX FEATURES<br />
In 2011 Kate stunned<br />
the stars at a BAFTA<br />
event in Los Angeles<br />
with this lilac<br />
Alexander McQueen<br />
dress. Next month’s<br />
trip will require<br />
outfits suitable for<br />
everything from a<br />
gala dinner to<br />
sitting ringside<br />
at a basketball<br />
match – all of<br />
which the<br />
elegant<br />
Duchess<br />
will no<br />
doubt<br />
handle<br />
with<br />
aplomb<br />
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