Kate wore a long scarlet Eponine London coat and paired it with tan pieces, including a pleated skirt, tan high heels, and a matching mini purse. The Duchess wore a blue mask and her hair down while visiting the National Portrait Gallery to celebrate the book s launch. Earlier in the day, the Duchess s team shared footage on her social media of her hiding a book on the grounds of Kensington Palace for the public to find.
“Let the search begin!” Kate s team wrote. “We’ve joined @the bookfairies for the day to share copies of Hold Still around the UK with you. Each copy is adorned with a gold book fairy sticker, gold ribbon, and has a letter from The Duchess tucked inside.” (Emma Watson also worked with Book Fairies to hide books around the world during International Women s Day in 2017.)
Friday 7 May 2021
The Duchess of Cambridge views a photo of Captain Tom Moore alongside Curator Magda Keaney during a visit to the archive in the National Portrait Gallery to mark the publication of the Hold Still book
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This morning saw the release of a new photography book by the Duchess of Cambridge,
Hold Still: A Portrait of Our Nation in 2020, collating pictures illustrating people s lives during the coronavirus pandemic over the past 12 months. There were some 31,000 entries, narrowed down to just 100, with a judging panel headed up by Kate. The book has already become a bestseller, despite only being on sale for a handful of hours.
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The Duchess of Cambridge has played fairy godmother to readers across the capital and left her book featuring images from her landmark photographic project for them to find.
Hold Still is a book of 100 photographs taken by members of the public during lockdown covering three themes – helpers and heroes, your new normal and acts of kindness.
The concept for the book, which is released today, was launched exactly a year ago as part of a collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery and the duchess, who is a patron.
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By Charley Adams
image copyrightCarys Wiggans Book fairies who read stories online to children around the world have been a godsend during lockdown, according to one mother.
Carys Wiggans, the Cornish Book Fairy, started filming herself reading children s books in March 2020 as a way of helping people isolating at home.
Since then she has been joined by others across the world, bringing stories to life for children.
Ms Wiggans said people have enjoyed hearing other voices during lockdown. We just wanted to try and entertain I suppose when we were stuck doing nothing.
The Book Fairies project usually involves hiding books for people to find, but it had to adapt during the coronavirus pandemic.