Kate Middleton's Amazing Fashion Evolution

Flying Solo
On Feb. 8, 2012, the Duchess wore a belted gray dress and black pumps to attend a Lucian Freud exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. With Prince William away on military duty, the appearance marked Middleton's first solo official engagement as a royal.

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