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Visit to Cambridgeshire

The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Air Cadets skills development camp at the Royal Air Force base in Wittering on February 14th in her role as Air Cadets Honorary Air Commandant

This is the Duchess' third visit to the Air Cadets since succeeding Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who served as Air Commodore-in-Chief for the past 63 years back in 2015.

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It has 42,000 Air Force cadets aged 12 to 19 and 15,000 adult volunteers spread throughout the UK and around the world.

Valentine's day seems to have inspired the Duchess' look. It is in her new $1,515 Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini double-breasted twill blazer, a black turtleneck top, Zara Body Curve Jeggings, black bow gloves and her Stuart Weitzman 'HalfNHalf' Suede Boots. For accessories, she had her usual pieces notably the Cartier Ballon Bleu de Stainless Steel Bracelet Watch, she sometimes wore her hair up in a loose pony tail which show her KIKI Lauren Yellow Gold Diamond Pave Leaf Earrings. The Duchess climbed into the cockpit of the training aircraft, where generations of cadets first flight.

If she did not take off, Catherine also tried on the flight simulator, and according to her lieutenant instructor, "She was very tricky with the controls. Often people are brutal in their gestures, but they have done very well. "
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Her Majesty at the Cyber Security Center

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Queen Elizabeth II is back in London for the past week. She and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, resume royal activities on Tuesday, February 14th 2017 by visiting the NCSN, the National Cyber Security Center. The center is aimed at better securing government sites and electronic accounts while computer attacks are ramping up in industrialized countries, it is an integral part of the UK's GHCQ (Government Communications Headquarters).
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Although the National Cybersecurity Center, which was supposed to protect the United Kingdom from internet piracy, notably orchestrated by Russia, had already been operational for three months, the monarch was coming to the official inauguration . For the occasion, Elizabeth had opted for a total turquoise blue look matched her coat with a zigzag at the buttoning to her hat decorated with tone-on-tone flowers.

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"We see an increase in cyber attacks in terms of frequency, severity and sophistication. In the first three months of its existence, the NCSC has already responded to attacks on 188 occasions, "said British Finance Minister Philip Hammond at the inauguration, AFP reported.
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Queen Elizabeth II is back in London

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In the aftermath of her Sapphire Jubilee at Sandringham, Queen Elizabeth II is back in London.

After a long winter break at Sandringham Castle. After celebrating her 65th anniversary her accession to the British throne and of the death of her father, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth II is back in the capital. After seven weeks at her family estate in Norfolk, the Royal grandmother took the train at 10:54 a.m this Tuesday, February 7th 2017 at the King's Lynn's station, for a 90 minutes journey to King's Cross Station in London.

Arriving a few minutes before the departure, the 90-year-old sovereign was not accompanied by her husband Prince Philip. To travel, she had chosen to wear a green coat, on a dress of the same tone. She had protected her hair in a scarf tied. The scarf was in white, it was decorated with motifs evoking the seabed, between exotic fish, corals and colored plants. But as soon as she was seated in the wagon, she withdrew it.

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The "Eastern Daily Press" points out that "a first-class car on the train Thameslink Great Northern was reserved for the monarch, who is believed to have bought a standard first class ticket to 56.10 pounds Trip '. This regional media broadcast in Norfolk also states that the station manager, who escorted her from the platform to the train, said they had exchanged jokes and talked about the weather.

Usually it was by this same train that Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, joined their castle of Sandringham a few days before Christmas. However this year, due to a strong flu that affected them both, the royal couple had to resolve to break with the tradition and had embarked on December 21, 2016 aboard a helicopter.

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The Guild of Health Writers Conference

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It's mental health week, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are supporting the occasion. Representing their association "Heads Together", the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were this Monday evening, February 6th they attended the Guild of Health Writers conference in London, devoted to anxiety.

The Guild of Health Writers is an organization that brings together the most eminent health journalist in Britain. Catherine and William presented "Heads Together", a federation of eight charities all working in the field of mental health, which they launched last March with Harry.

The structure is intended to pool efforts to encourage people to talk openly about their problems and seek help. Heads Together will be supported this year by the London Marathon, which will take place on Sunday, April 23rd.
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"Heads Together" is part of the Duchess of Cambridge's long work to raise awareness of mental distress. Catherine was already the godmother of one of the eight associations, Place2Be, which accompanies more than 75,000 children victims of psychological problems in school.

It’s been a busy day for the Cambridges, first visiting a Mitchell Brook school in her red Luisa Spagnoli skirt suit. She wore another skirt suit this time but in the ultra-violent color from Oscar de La Renta ready-to-wear Fall/Winter 2015 collection. The wool-blend separates includes the silhouette of the peplum jacket which features a pointed collar, button-up front and a pleating flared hem. The tailored peplum jacket. The matching full pleated flared skirt features a full shape with box pleating. Her accessories didn't change except the earrings Mappin & Webb Empress Drop Earrings and the addition of her timeless watch
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The Fiji expedition with Her Majesty the Queen

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This Friday, Queen Elizabeth II made her first official engagement of the year 2017 in Norwich and her host committee was at least unusual.

It was a Fiji man in his traditional outfit consisting of a long loincloth, the latter showed large black rings on his forehead and cheeks and held an ax on his shoulder who welcome the Queen as she descended her car. A picture immortalizing the moment shows a moment of hesitation in the gaze of the sovereign had regained her smile before this committee at first sight of the most unusual. At first sight only.

Marking her first official engagement of 2017, Elizabeth II, in a pink fuchsia and black hat and outfit, inaugurated an exhibition at the Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts located in Norwich, Norfolk, where the grandmother of ten is currently at Sandringham castle. This exhibition deals with Fiji's art, life on the island and their traditions.
The exhibition named "Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific", this exhibition is the largest and the most comprehensive one about Fiji ever organized in the United Kingdom. It has more than 280 objects and works of art, fromthe late 18th century, loaned to British museums from the Fiji Museum. In addition to sculptures, textiles, ceramics, weapons and clothing, Elizabeth was able to see a video showing her while she was staying in these islands in 1953, when the island was still part of the British colonial empire.

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