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Duchess Kate is working her fingers to the bone! Poor Kate. All she wants to do is get her hair done and maybe spend a few days on some marathon shopping excursions, but the new press secretary is hellbent on proving that Kate is a charitable workhorse. So Kate was sent out to attend a reception for the 1851 Trust, which is about sailing and getting kids involved in sailing and the America’s Cup. She had to go all the way to Portsmouth and spend time with Sir Ben Ainslie. Poor thing.

Kate is around six to seven months pregnant right now – people keep saying she’s due in April, so the math is right. She’s carrying well, it seems. If anything, I think she looks smaller during this pregnancy than with her first. Maybe that’s just the effect of a decent coat though. This white coat with a belted higher waist is from Max Mara Studio Gilles. It costs £810, or about $1400. I actually like this look a lot, and that’s saying something. Do I wish I could tweak the styling a little bit? Sure. I’m not completely sold on that tiny little belt but I like that she went with navy accents all around (shoes, sapphires and clutch). Very nautical. I also think it’s obvious that this coat was originally very BUTTONY, but she had the buttons taken off – you can still see the indentations. That’s bad.

And here’s a Classic Kate thing: she was spending time with kids painting a mural. So of course she wore a white coat, thus limiting her ability to interact with the paint-covered youth. You can read more about the trip here.

Also: the dress under the coat was just a basic-looking polka-dotted maternity dress.

The Duchess of Cambridge meets members of the local sailing community in the @SpinnakerTower in #Portsmouth pic.twitter.com/rPTvjdOzwl

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) February 12, 2015

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