The Duchess of Cambridge has praised an amazing image of an elderly couple holding hands as they battled Covid-19, before dying just five days apart, which was chosen for her landmark photographic project.
Kate Middleton, 39, spoke to Hayley Evans, West Sussex, who submitted the picture of her grandparents, Pat and Ron Wood as they held hands while in hospital last year, to the National Portrait Gallery s Hold Still exhibition.
The striking image, entitled Forever Holding Hands, was among 100 photographs chosen for the duchess Hold Still exhibition and book, which encouraged the public to document life during the pandemic.
Kate phoned Hayley last autumn and the conversation was released today on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge s new YouTube channel, alongside heart-warming photographs of Hayley and her family.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (AKA Kate Middleton) re-wears a silk blouse from engagement photos with Prince William in 2010 for 'Hold Still' phone calls.
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We all know Kate Middleton is a fan of rewearing old clothes like the rest of us, and yesterday’s virtual appearance was no exception.
Hold Still.
The video shows phone calls recorded in Autumn 2020, between The Duchess of Cambridge and finalists from the National Portrait Gallery’s
Hold Still photography exhibition.
Kate looks radiant in a cream blouse ruffle blouse and dark skirt or trousers, and though this isn’t the first time she’s reworn clothes, this is one of the most significant times.
The Duchess of Cambridge has updated her new YouTube channel with a video of her phone calls to participants in her photography contest, Hold Still, and told a student she feels like she knows her so well just from looking at her photo. #
Entitled Cancelled , the video features audio phone calls recorded in Autumn 2020 between Kate Middleton, 39, and finalists from the National Portrait Gallery s Hold Still photography exhibition.
The royal, who is a keen amateur photographer, launched the Hold Still initiative during lockdown and asked the public to submit their images which captured the period for a digital exhibition.
She was then joined by a panel of five judges to select the best photos from more than 31,000 submitted for the nation-wide contest and said she was overwhelmed by the response and that it was so hard to whittle the images down to a top 100.