Kate Middleton Made an "Emotional" Visit to a Children’s Hospice This Morning. In a particularly touching moment, the duchess comforted one mother who was crying with a hug.
KATE DELIVERED A SPEECH TODAY AT THE OPENING OF THE NOOK, SAYING "THIS VISIT TODAY HAS ONLY REINFORCED FOR ME JUST WHAT IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT YOU DO HERE."
When the Duchess of Cambridge first joined the British royal family, one of the very first organizations she lent her patronage to was East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices. Almost eight years later, she has returned to officially open the charity’s new state-of-the-art facility following a successful £10 million fundraising campaign.
The Duchess officially opened The Nook on Friday, five years after officially launching a £10million fundraising appeal for the hospice. She spent the afternoon meeting some of the families who benefit from the many services it offers, including those with very sick children and others whose children have died, asking about the care they receive.
The Duchess was reunited with Leigh Smith, 38, who moved her to tears when they met in 2014, just months after Ms Smith had lost her three-month-old daughter Beatrice to a rare heart condition.
Ms Smith said after their private meeting: “She told me, ‘I don’t know how you did that, how you got through it. “It was really lovely to see her again and she gave me a big hug.
She sported the magenta suit, which she previously wore in January, during a visit to the Nook Children's Hospice in Norfolk, England, on November 15. Middleton paired the skirt suit with black tights and $695 heels by Gianvito Rossi, one of her go-to pairs for daily appearances.
The duchess previously sported the outfit during a visit to the Royal Opera House in London. She first debuted the suit, which comes from Oscar de la Renta's 2015 fall collection, in 2017.
