Unmissable in a red Catherine Walker coat and matching Gina Foster hat, the Princess of Wales dominated coverage of the annual Commonwealth Day Service of Celebration this week.
Richard Eden recounts meeting Kate Middleton at a 2007 book launch shortly after her brief split from Prince William. Eden was impressed by Middleton's reserved demeanor when questioned about the breakup by Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, a quality that changed his perception of her and foreshadowed the "inner steel" she would later display as a public figure.
