Kate stayed with her navy Smythe blazer for today’s Equestrian competition. Once again several of the young royals were at the London Games to cheer on Zara Phillips, the Queen’s granddaughter.
Owen Humphreys/UK Press Association
Although the event is called “Three Day Eventing,” the competition is held over four days. Below, a look at the Greenwich venue today before competition.
British Eventing Championships
Kate’s ensemble looked much the same today as it did yesterday, she wore the Smythe jacket with navy trousers, pearl stud earrings and a sleeveless top in a classic Breton stripe. This Instagram photo gives us a solid look at the back of the top.
Howard Truong Instagram Feed
The Duchess brought back the same Stuart Weitzman wedges we have seen several times in the past week, this photo shows Kate wearing them yesterday.
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We have referred to them in previous posts as the “Corkswoon” style, in the UK Stuart Weitzman is carried by Russell and Bromley, apparently the shoe is called the Coco there. This isn’t an unusual practice; many readers will recall that Aquatalia footwear at Russell and Bromley has had different style names than that carried by Aquatalia itself, or at Nordstrom in the US.
Russell and Bromley Twitter
Russell & Bromley also say that Kate was carrying the Muse handbag, you can see the clutch here.
Russell & Bromley Twitter Feed
Russell & Bromley tell us that both the shoes and bag are now available for purchase in-store, both priced at £245 (about $380 at today’s exchange rates), the company’s website is not yet up and running.
As is often the case, Harry and Kate had fun together.
Official London 2012 Site
Below we see Zara on her young horse, High Kingdom, as she took part in what turned out to be a Medal-worthy Team GB performance.
British Eventing Championship
Royal photographer Mark Stewart tweeted Zara’s happiness with High Kingdom’s showing today.
Mark Stewart Twitter Feed (@RegalEyes)
Below we see another member of the Silver Medal Team, Tina Cook.
Team GB Facebook
A look at all of the Team GB Eventing competitors.
Team GB Eventing
Zara speaks with media after the event.
Jean-Luc Legendre Twitter Feed
The rain arrived while awaiting the medal ceremony, Troy Rawhiti-Forbes of the New Zealand Herald posted this photo on Instagram.
Troy Rawhiti-Forbes Twitter Feed
Kate planned ahead for weather issues, carrying her Team GB Adidas jacket with her to Greenwich.
Owen Humphreys/Press Association
Zara’s husband Mike Tindall was on hand again today for the competition, Mr. Rawhiti-Forbes posted this photo of the former rugby player.
Troy Rawhiti-Forbes
Mr. Tindall posted this photo, tweeting “In she goes” as his wife entered the ring.
Mike Tindall Twitter Feed
Beatrice (L) and Eugenie also cheered on Zara at the Eventing.
Official London 2012 Site
The young royals clearly enjoyed themselves at today’s event.
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It didn’t take long for a sponsor to revel in the Silver Medal showing.
Perhaps the nicest family moment came when Zara received her Silver Medal from Princess Anne, her mother, who also competed for Team Great Britain at the 1976 Olympics.
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In other Kate-related news, the Duchess is on the cover of Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed issue.
Vanity Fair
Those who buy the magazine at the newsstand will see this cover, subscribers’ copies will have Jessica Chastain on the cover. From a preview of the Katie Nicholl story in the magazine’s September issue:
Despite their lean physiques thanks to deerstalking, tennis, and Buckingham Palace swims, Will and Kate are foodies, and tuck in regularly to homemade roast chicken (Kate does the cooking and shopping, and employs no cook at their home on the Welsh island of Anglesey). They also own a sausage-maker (!) to make their own links, and for the holidays, Kate puts away jars of homemade strawberry jam and plum preserves to dole out as gifts.
We’ll be back later to update this post after William, Kate and Harry visit Team GB House.
Linkage:
- Official London 2012 site is here, the Facebook page here and Twitter account here
- British Eventing website is here
- Team GB Home page
- Team GB Facebook page
- Team GB Twitter account
- Vanity Fair’s Best Dressed online coverage is here, the preview of Katie Nicholl’s story is here
- The Telegraph’s story on today’s Equestrian event is here
- The Daily Mail’s story on the competition is here, its story on the royals at the event, laden with many photos, is here
I don’t know if it’s because of the rain or if she purposely styled it differently, but I LOVE Kate’s hair here! The curls seem so much fuller. Looks great.
I wonder if maybe the top is from LK Bennett? I know they had an identical one with 3/4 sleeves
Does anyone know where the Stripped vest is from??
Great work putting this together. Your pic of ‘Tina Cook’ winning silver is actually Mary King of team GB. Tina rode bitless. The caption under this photo on team GB does read as if it’s Tina. Mary King she is a legend
She looks lovely but the best thing about these photos is how happy Kate and William look together. Very refreshing.
Congratulations to Zara for winning Olympic Silver and to Kate for topping Vanity Fair’s Best Dress List. Both women looked lovely today!
For those in Canada the Stuart Weitzman online store has the platswoon in nude on sale for $299 (from $395) and there is another 20% off at check out. When last checked all sizes were available.
Is Zara competing with two horses? Is there really a second horse named High Mountain, or is this a typo? I’ve only heard about High Kingdom…
In case you missed it on the FB page, Boden’s Essential Wedges are a perfect (and affordable) copy of the Weitzman shoes! Cute and very comfy!
where could we find that shirt for sale? Love it!
This is tha British Vanity Fair Edition or the American one?
Hi Clara, and thanks for reading the blog. It is the US version.
We’ve seen pictures of Kate grocery shopping so we know she does that herself and during their engagement interview, William said she cooked better than him. But otherwise, one has to wonder how Vanity Fair knows they have a sausage maker. One has to wonder how many of these articles are simply a work of fiction.
I have lots of doubts about any information garnered from Katie Nicholl… She described one of Kate’s outfits as mimicking Jecca Craig’s style in order to intimidate her during the time that Kate and Wills were broken up… I later discovered that the photo in question didn’t date remotely near the time of their break. (Not to mention the fact that I doubt Kate considers such things while dressing)
I also never saw the Duchess dressing the way Jecca Craig does. Miss Craig dresses a bit oddly in my view. Katie Nicholl is just a gossip writer who has made the Cambridges her “beat,” so to speak.
What? Prince Harry is getting bald, too! I can’t believe this. Strong genes, really cann’t fight.
Haha, I thought that, too!
Good gravy, does William look like his uncle Edward with those sunglasses.
So basically the same outfit as yesterday? Just a different shirt?
What better way to deflect media attention off her fashion and back to the athletes? Also, if you are wearing jeans and a blazer, about the only thing to switch is the blouse.
Idk … Just personally speaking, I would prefer my pants to be clean. I guess she could have washed them though.
Or have several pairs of the same style of jeans, which is what I do.
Or there again, maybe she has the means to own more than one pair? It has been known, you know, when you find something you like and that really works, er, haven’t you ever bought a spare..?? Or do I reveal too much about my already too crowded closet…
Do we know if Stuart Weitzman will sell the navy wedges in the US? Would love to own a pair!
HER HAIR LOOKS SO MUCH LIGHTER!! i think i like it
cute outfit but whats even cuter is how much fun they look like theyre having, and the sweet relationship between harry and kate….speaking of harry him and william are looking better with age…. who agrees?
Kate seems to be hitting the right note for these Olympic events–casual but still royal–at least since that Zara jeans blooper. Speaking of Zara, congratulations of the team eventing silver!