Kate to join Queen on Jubilee visits

The Duchess of Cambridge will join the Queen on two engagements next month, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday.

Kate will accompany the Queen and the Duchess of Cornwall to Fortnum & Mason in London on 1 March.

During the visit, the Queen will unveil a plaque to commemorate the regeneration of Piccadilly.

Kate will also join the Queen during a visit to Leicester on 8 March.

The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to accompany the Queen on the trip, which is one of a series of Diamond Jubilee visits around the UK.

Kate carried out her first solo public engagement last week when she visited the National Portrait Gallery, in central London, for a preview of a Lucian Freud show that gives a comprehensive overview of the late artist’s work.

Her husband William is in the Falkland Islands as part of his work as an RAF search and rescue co-pilot.