Today's celebration included Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall..
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.. Zara Phillips, Mike Tindall and Mia-Grace..
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.. Princess Eugenie..
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.. Prince Edward..
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.. Countess of Wessex..
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.. Duchess of Kent and her granddaughter Lady Amelia Windsor..
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.. Duke of Kent..
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.. Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence (Princess Anne's husband)..
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.. Autumn Phillips..
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.. Lady Helen Taylor..
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.. Duke and Duchess of Gloucester..
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.. Lord Frederick Windsor..
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.. Prince Harry..
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.. and the Duchess of Cambridge.
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Prince George was also in attendance. He sat in the back of the car with Catherine. Princess Charlotte also travelled with them.
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Most notably absent was Prince William. The Duke of Cambridge was in Wiltshire to attend a memorial service for John Pelly. He is the father of close friend Guy Pelly.
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The guests arrived around 12:30pm. The lunch normally lasts around 2 hours, however today the Duchess didn't leave till 4:00pm - this time travelling in the front of the car.
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The reason for Kate staying longer comes in the form of some unexpected but exciting news.
Today Prince Phillip relinquished his role as Air-Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Cadets. He has been associated with the RAF for 63 years. He has handed over his patronage of the RAF Air Cadets to the Duchess of Cambridge. The Duchess become Honorary Air Commandant.
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In 2010 Prince Phillip announced that he planned to gradually pass on a number of his patronages to younger members of the royal family. It is the Duchess's first patronage with an official link to the military. In honour of her new patronage the Duchess was presented with a book.
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It is "Horizons: The History of the Air Cadets".
Today the Duchess once again chose to wear red. The Duchess has always worn red, since 2011, for the Queen's Christmas lunch. Although in 2012 it was more a flash of red under a black coat!
Today the Duchess wore her Luisa Spangoli red suit that we have seen twice before. First in 2011 during a visit to St Andrews and again in 2014 during the tour of Australia.
The Duchess also wore her Mappin & Webb Empress Earrings.
It was a lovely outfit for the Duchess and a nice surprise to hear of a new patronage.
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