Kate recycles a McQueen favourite as she and William touch down in freezing Dundee

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have touched down in Dundee to officially open Scotland’s first design museum, the V&A.

For their first joint engagement of the year, Kate turned to an Alexander McQueen number - wearing a green and blue tartan coat in a nod to her Scottish hosts. 

The structured coat is understood to be at least six years old, with the duchess having worn it on a visit to St Andrew's in November 2012 and on Christmas Day at Sandringham in 2013.

Today, she paired it with black gloves, a pair of block heels and a £452.20 Manu Atelier crossbody bag.

The new museum, which is at the heart of a £1 billion waterfront regeneration plan, is already bringing significant economic and social benefits to the local area, helping to reshape the city’s future as a hub for the creative industries. 
 

The Duchess of Cambridge, a keen amateur photographer, will make a short speech celebrating the addition of the new cultural centre for Scotland and the UK in her role as patron of V&A. 

The visit will build on Kate's keen interest in the visual arts, and highlighting the value that public institutions like V&A Dundee can offer local communities, particularly in terms of increased accessibility to world-class art and design.

The establishment of the new museum was made possible thanks to a collaboration between V&A, the University of Dundee, Abertay University, Dundee City Council, the UK and Scottish governments, the National Lottery and Scottish Enterprise. 

Later, the couple will meet with employees and their families from the Dundee Michelin factory, to hear first-hand how the factory’s planned closure is affecting them. 





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