Duchess' Auction

 TWO straw hats worn by the Duchess of Cambridge, before she joined the royal family, are expected to fetch between £1,000 and £1,500 each as they go under the hammer for the Passion for Fashion auction, hosted by Kerry Taylor Auctions. The Duchess hired the hats - both black and embellished with feathers - to wear to Prince William's Order of the Garter presentation in June 2008, and the wedding of event rider Harry Meade in October 2010. Hire receipts and copies of the milliner's diary entries marking Catherine's appointments will be available with each hat, which are made by Philip Somerville and Aurora. The auction will take place at Kerry Taylor's auction room in Bermondsey on June 26 at 2pm. Last year, the auction house also sold the sheer net dress worn by Catherine in a St Andrew's charity fashion show, which brought in £78,000.








HATTIE WEST 01 June 2012
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