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Well, I never!! I can’t believe Duchess Kate didn’t repeat one of her two green coats (go here and here to see) for her annual St. Patrick’s Day outing to meet the Irish Guards. She didn’t wear green at all!! Shocking.

Kate ended up wearing something we’ve never seen before: a dark brown Catherine Walker coat and a Lock & Co hat. Walker isn’t a standard maternity designer, but this coat looks well-proportioned and I assume it was probably made for Kate. It’s very pretty. I envy her coat collection and this is probably one of the best maternity coats/coat-dresses I’ve seen on Kate. It’s a great length, the dark color flatters her as a brunette and I even like the way she’s styled her look. Her hair is back! And she’s wearing a gold Irish Guards brooch that once belonged to the Queen Mum (although you can barely see it because she’s also wearing real shamrocks). The brown suede shoes are by Emmy London.

Meanwhile, The Daily Beast ran a story/propaganda piece this week about how we need to stop calling her “Lazy Kate.” Apparently, Kate has been nothing short of a workhorse during her pregnancy, which the DB admits is a “carefully thought-out strategy” to “put an end to the ‘lazy Kate’ story that threatened to become a theme.” I don’t think Kate has suddenly become a workhorse, I just think Will and Kate’s new American PR guy is working his bum off and he’s actually convinced Kate in particular that if she wants to take a long maternity leave or month-long vacations, she needs to put in some work-time in between holidays. Apparently, Kate will also make a stop by a Children’s Centre tomorrow and she’ll do some events at the end of this month. So this isn’t her last engagement before her extended maternity leave.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.
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