Kate Middleton Attends Wildlife Photographer of The Year Awards...

The Duchess of Cambridge attended the Wildlife Photographer of The Year Awards tonight at the National History Museum, of which she is patron.

The Wildlife Photographer of The Year Exhibition "blends new and historic award-winning images to tell the story of how photographing the natural world has changed". It includes "challenging documentary, intimate protracts, animals behaviour and atmospheric landscapes. The exhibition will showcase the power of the image to magnificent effect," says the National History Museum.

The exhibition opens on October 24 2014 until August 30 2015, 10am - 5:50pm. Ticket prices are;
       Adults - £12.60
       Child and Concession - £6.30
       Family - £34.54 (up to 2 adults and 3 children)
       Free for members, patrons and children under 4
You can buy tickets for the exhibition here.

During Kate's public outing tonight many people noted that there was no sign of a baby bump yet, the Duchess is speculated to be around 12-14 weeks pregnant. 

However, tonight she wore a figure-hugging dress which showed of the smallest signs of her pregnancy (if you look really closely that is).

via Twitter

photo from the Daily Mail

The Duchess and Sir David Attenborough both helped to present the awards.

photo from the Daily Mail

photo from the Daily Mail

The Duchess looked to have a lovely time at the event tonight. She looked very happy and healthy. This makes us hopeful of more engagements being announced very soon.

photo from the Daily Mail

The Duchess wore another bespoke piece for this evening's engagement, this time by Jenny Peckham. It is a beautiful floor length gown with a v-neck and long front split, showing off her slender legs. The dress also had rucking detail, which hid most signs of a bump.

photo from Rookie on Twitter

The Duchess wore her LK Bennett Agata Sandals in Rose Suede, which we haven't seen since the ARK Gala Dinner back in June 2011. They are now no longer available. 

The Duchess carried a new bespoke Alexander McQueen pale pink satin clutch. This clutch is very similar in style to the one Kate carried.

She accessorised with a silver necklace and earrings set which we haven't seen before. HRH Countess of Wessex Blog identified the earrings and necklace as being by Monica Vinader. The Riva Diamond Cluster Drop Earrings are available for £745. However, HRH Duchess Kate Blog has noted that necklace is a Harrods exclusive and not yet available on their website. The necklace is now available at Harrods - I have done a post on this which you can see here.

photos from the Monica Vinader Website

She wore her hair in loose curls around her shoulders.

photo from the Daily Mail

Copy Kate

I have now discovered that it is harder to replicate this gorgeous look than I originally thought, however I have given it my best shot! This Coast maxi dress is a beautiful gown in a lovely shade of pale blue (very similar to Kate's). I cannot find any pale pink suede sandals, so I decided to go with silver instead because I think silver accessories would look just as nice. I chose these Kurt Geiger sandals, which are currently on sale for £49 and a matching Kurt Geiger satin clutch bag, which retails for £40. These statement earrings from Links of London are affordable and gorgeous. I haven't included a statement necklace like Kate wore because this dress doesn't need one because of its slimmer neckline.