The Duchess of Cambridge visits Liverpool

[Wilkat]

You're welcome, Cinrit. Reuters has quite a few of her in Liverpool. 
Sweet to read that Will sent her flowers and a card today. I got flowers and cards and we'll go out to dinner later in the week. I hope to see a movie too. 

[wannable]

SkyNewsRoyal Paul Harrison
#royal #Kate by the way, the ingredients of the Duchess Smoothie: almonds, honey, banana, dash of cream, skimmed milk, ice cube - simples.

#royal St James' Palace tell me that #Kate was "touched by her welcome in Liverpool" - 2 solo engagements down, several thousand to go!
 
#royal #Kate is also said to have "prepared thoroughly for today's solo engagement and has been looking forward to it." - St James' Palace

#royal St James' Palace also says #Kate is "pleased to raise @ActionAddiction's profile through the visit and to honour their work."

#royal St James' Palace says #Kate has been privately getting to know @ActionAddiction over recent weeks and months 

[good221]

bravo today Kate i love what i see i hope she keep this up in the coming years then no one will complain about or call her lazy, please Kate don't ruin this feeling i am start to warming up to her now, i hope she does not ruin it please!!

[cinrit]

The Duchess of Cambridge carries out her first regional solo day of engagements in Liverpool

14th February 2012

Crowds cheered and waved flags as The Duchess of Cambridge arrived for a Valentine's Day visit to Liverpool today.

First, Her Royal Highness visited a charity that helps addicts recover from drink and drug dependency. The Duchess became Patron of Action on Addiction in January.

The Duchess, making her debut solo regional visit, smiled at the dozens of people who had gathered at The Brink, a dry bar run by the Action on Addiction charity.

http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/newsandgallery/news/the_duchess_of_cambridge_carries_out_her_first_regional_solo_512482141.html 

Cindy

[Windsor]

High quality photos of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge in Liverpool.

Photo Credits: Press Association (PA)

[Windsor]

Video: H.R.H. The Duchess of Cambridge in Liverpool.

[marine2109]

Eight thousand miles away, but William didn't forget

http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/201202147225/duchess-cambridge-visits-alder-hey/

[wannable]

Duchess of Cambridge turns to her uncle for advice on addiction
The Duchess of Cambridge's informed approach to her charity, Action on Addiction, owes much to Gary Goldsmith, her colourful uncle.

The Duchess of Cambridge had every reason to smile as she made her Valentine’s Day visit to Liverpool to talk to recovering alcoholics at the Brink, a “dry” bar in the city centre that is linked to her charity, Action on Addicton.
Mandrake hears that Gary Goldsmith, her multi-millionaire uncle who was three years ago filmed by an undercover reporter apparently taking *** and bragging about his royal connections, has “cleaned up his act.” What is more, he has promised to offer her help and advice for her work for the charity.
“Gary was never mentioned in any of the official statements about Kate’s decision to be a patron of Action on Addiction, but she saw the toll that addiction took on him, and it obviously played a role in her decision to get involved,” a friend of Goldsmith tells me. “She has been in touch with him a lot about the charity and she hopes that he will be accompanying her to some events for it before too long.”
Goldsmith, 46, the younger brother of Kate Middleton’s mother, Carole, would not comment when I raised the issue with him, and a spokesman for the Duchess told me he did not wish to discuss her “private relations with her family.” Nick Barton, the chief executive of Action on Addiction, says, however, that Prince William’s wife, when she had invited him to St James’s Palace in November to discuss addiction, seemed to have from the outset an intimate knowledge of the issues involved.
“She didn’t mention her uncle, but this was clearly a cause close to her heart,” he adds. “We hadn’t approached her to be a patron of the charity, and, while we are obviously delighted to have her as ours, it was she who picked us, rather than the other way around.”

Goldsmith, who sold his recruitment business Computer Futures for £275million in 2005, played host to Prince William and Kate Middleton at his villa in Ibiza for a week the following year. He was a guest at their wedding, arriving at Westminster Abbey in a £280,000 bright-blue Rolls Royce Phantom convertible.
In a News of the World “sting,” he was recorded saying he had access to Buckingham Palace. “I’ve got my own rooms, the Goldsmith Wing,” he said. “I’m going to be the Duke of Slough”.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9090676/Duchess-of-Cambridge-turns-to-her-uncle-for-advice-on-addiction.html     

 

Lovely, a supporting family they are!

The enhanced bold is true, the figure can be found in a pdf.file of Price Waterhouse in the internet.  I'm glad he has reformed.  Gary be careful with the gold diggers.

[wannable]

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Action for Addiction is a great cause, perhaps she can help The Honourable Nicholas Knatchbull, whose family has been supporting and trying to help him battle drug addiction. 

[FanDianaFancy]

This  is  good.
Agreed,  not everything she does  should  be high glam afairs.  She  has  those  accomplished.
Something  like  this  is  good  pr.
Real  .
Touches  the people.

[Macrobug]

Reminder.  This thread is about Kate visiting Liverpool.  Not about her Uncle's issues, the Middletons or their business.  Please stay on topic.  Any OT posts will be removed without further warning.

[iisuzieii]

This is video from the day...children are so drawn to her...towards the end they were running up to her to hug her..





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[Macrobug]

What a great video Thanks 

There were some pretty excited kids!

[snokitty]

It is very good and decent of her to choose a children's charity. Children are like the elderly they need high profile support. I wouldn't read to much into the excitement of the children though, I am sure they were working on them for days telling them that they were going to meet a Princess. It is pretty easy to get a child excited about something. 

[Hale]

I honestlly think thats the line she needs to follow...deaking with people..instead of doing galas and dinner and premieres...

All members of the RF attend premiers, galas and dinners.  Of course it's important for members of the RF to visit the charities they support it gives them an opportunity to connect with the public, but ultimately it's the premiers, galas and dinners which are the main fundraisers for the charities themselves.  All charities throughout the year will hold at least one main gala dinner and invite potential donors and Kate will be required to attend at least one a year for each of the charities she is patron of.  Furthermore, those donors will pay more just to be sat at a table with her.  These evening events also help nature donors and bring media attention and raise the charity's profile.  Without donors a charity has difficulty in functioning and that is why I for one do not view them as frothy.

About JLP accompanying Kate.  He also accompanies William and Harry.  All members of the RF are accompanied by a private secretary and it is their job to see that the schedules run on time and if anything needs to be relayed to Kate such as eg:  a security alert then this is done via the secretary.

[Grandma828]

I think her volunteer work with the Scouts will also be private.  The scouts would not want press invasion.

[Lindelle]

Wouldn't they?
It must run a different course her in Australia because here they advertise for the young to join them.

[Grandma828]

She is working as a volunteer teaching skills.  Not doing press. 

[sophiechloe]

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