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Kate Middleton legs it at second Royal wedding without her Prince
Last updated at 09:24am on 21.07.08
It was Kate Middleton's very own Marilyn Monroe moment. But unlike the Hollywood sex symbol, Prince William's girlfriend ensured that her modesty was preserved.
Miss Middleton's floaty knee-length dress caught the wind and defied gravity yesterday as she arrived for the wedding of Lady Rose Windsor.
It was reminiscent of the famous scene in Monroe's classic movie The Seven Year Itch, but Miss Middleton had had the foresight to wear a slip while braving the wind as she walked to Queen's Chapel, in St James's Palace in Central London.
Life's a breeze: Kate Middleton had the foresight to wear a slip to ensure she was well prepared for her Marilyn Monroe moment yesterday
Miss Middleton, who also wore a black feather fascinator and a fitted jacket, arrived without her boyfriend Prince William, who is on operations with the Royal Navy in the Caribbean.
It was the second Royal wedding this year that Miss Middleton has attended without Prince William - in May she turned up alone at Peter Phillips's wedding to Autumn Kelly.
Lady Rose arrives at the chapel with her father, the Duke of Gloucester
Mr Phillips, the Princess Royal's son, arrived at the church walking hand in hand with his new wife, and appeared to have been thriving on married life - his waistcoat fitting snugly to his midriff.
Miss Middleton was attending the wedding of Lady Rose, 28, the daughter of the Duke of Gloucester and a first cousin of the Queen, to George Gilman, 26, the son of Peter Gilman, a former director of Leeds United Football Club.
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Princess Anne appeared in a rather startling yellow flower print
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Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, was demure in a light blue-grey suit
Newlyweds Peter and Autumn Phillips arrive for the wedding
The Countess of Wessex attended without her husband, Prince Edward, and Lady Gabriella Windsor and Lord Freddie Windsor arrived together.
Lady Rose, who became plain Mrs Gilman yesterday, is the great-granddaughter of George V and is 23rd in line to the throne.
Freddie and Gabriella Windsor beam as they walk past onlookers for the wedding
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