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Icing on the cake: The top three layers of the cake are replicas, with two saved for the couple's first child's Christening, as tradition dictates |
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Twinkle toes: The duchess's hand-stitched shoes were designed by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen and are size five-and-a-half |
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Bouquet of memories: A silk replica of Kate's flowers include sweet william, myrtle, lily of the valley and hyacinth |
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Are Kate and Wills planning a family? Couple save top tier of wedding cake for christening of first child
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge could have been thinking about having children as early as their wedding day, it emerged.
The couple decided to save the top tier of their magnificent eight-tiered wedding cake - a tradition usually undertaken by couples who plan to serve the cake at the christening of their first born.
The pair put the top two tiers of the cake away and tucked into the third as they celebrated their marriage with friends and family, royal wedding cake designer Fiona Cairns said.
Ms Cairns said: 'As is tradition, the Duke and Duchess have kept the top two tiers. The third tier was cut up and served at the wedding together with the extra fruit cake we supplied.'
Miranda Eason, editor of You & Your Wedding magazine, added: 'Saving the top tier to celebrate the birth of the first born is the tradition.
'But couples are also saving it for their first anniversary to crack open with a bottle of bubbly.'
The confectionery masterpiece, covered in cream and white icing and decorated with up to 900 delicate sugar-paste flowers, is going on display at Buckingham Palace as part of an exhibition dedicated to the royal nuptials.
The bride gave detailed instructions for the cake to include 17 different blooms and foliage for their meaning or symbolism
The top three tiers have been recreated, with new cakes made.
A team of eight people worked for five weeks to make the cake, which compromises 17 individual cakes and weighs more than 70 kilograms.
The Duke and Duchess, who are both fans of fruitcakes, cut the cake with a sword - the mark where they made the incision is visible in the display.
Ms Cairns said that being commissioned to make the cake was 'wonderful but a little bit scary'.
'The cake is more or less covered in flowers,' she said.
'The Duchess drew up a list from the language of flowers, all of them have meanings of special significance to her.
'We were told by the Duchess that lily of the valley was particularly important, it means sweetness and humility, they were used in her bouquet, the dress, on top of the cake and fresh ones were in the Abbey.'
The bride gave Ms Cairns detailed instructions for her to include 17 different blooms and foliage for their meaning or symbolism including the four flowers of the home nations - English rose, Scottish thistle, Welsh daffodil and Irish shamrock.
Ms Cairns, who lives in Leicestershire where her factory is based, said the cake was a 'very rich, dark traditional fruitcake'. |
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The couple cut the fruit cake, made of 17 individual cakes, with a sword |
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The Royal wedding cake is now on display at Buckingham Palace, with the top three tiers recreated after the Royal couple saved two and guests ate the third |
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Reply 215# amyainsamad
biar betik ni kate???? gila kurus |
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Prince william and Princess Catherine: Yacht Party for Zara Philip wedding
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posh & kate mna lg kurus?  |
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Kate's childhood ordeal: Palace reveals Duchess's serious childhood operation that left her with huge scar on her head
Shimmering in silver, the Duchess of Cambridge conducted her first solo engagement as a royal yesterday – and displayed a hitherto unknown childhood secret.
Underneath Kate’s stylish half-up, half-down hairstyle a prominent three-inch scar could be seen on the side of her left temple.
A spokesman for the Duchess at St James’s Palace confirmed last night that it was the result of surgery as a young child. ‘The scar related to a childhood operation,’ they said.
The palace declined to discuss what kind of operation because it was, they said, a private matter.
Senior royal sources also confirmed that it had been ‘a very serious operation’ but declined to comment further. |
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Kate's scar, the result of a childhood operation, was clearly visible on her temple, while right, William has what he calls his Harry Potter scar on his forehead, the result of being hit with a golf club when he was 13 |
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Belting good look: Chic Duchess of Cambridge arrives in Copenhagen for first joint humanitarian mission with Prince William
Sporting what is fast becoming her signature colour, the Duchess of Cambridge looked radiant in red as she landed in Copenhagen today with Prince William.
The royal couple were greeted by the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark for their first joint humanitarian mission.
And Kate looked every inch the part in a Seventies-inspired L.K. Bennett coat and belt with black suede knee-high boots. |
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