In her traditional ivory wedding gown, Kate Middleton looked every inch the demure bride.
But in the Berkshire town of Hungerford, the talk on Friday was not just of her beautiful Sarah Burton dress – but what she might have been wearing underneath.
For a fortnight ago, as she made her final wedding preparations, Kate spent an afternoon buying lingerie with her mother and sister in a local shop.
Kate, her sister Pippa and mother Carole, spent an afternoon having a private fitting in Angela Knight Lingerie in the Berkshire town of Hungerford (the shop sells Myla underwear pictured above)
The trio had a private fitting in Angela Knight Lingerie on April 16, while two protection officers waited outside.
Miss Knight, who owns the business, refused to disclose the exact items bought by the bride, but revealed she, Carole and Pippa bought ‘sets of lingerie’.
When asked if their purchases may have been part of their trousseau – the set of clothes a bride-to-be buys for her wedding day and married life – Miss Knight laughed coyly. But last week, a package labelled with the shop’s name was delivered to the Middletons’ home 16 miles away in Bucklebury.
Kate’s mother Carole has been a customer of Miss Knight’s for years.
Was Kate's lingerie purchase a fortnight ago part of the trousseau - the set of clothes a bride-to-be buys for her wedding day and married life?
‘When the Middletons came in, I just acted normally even though I had no prior warning they were coming,’ said Miss Knight, who closed the business for the afternoon so the family could browse in private.
‘I think of my shop as a theatre so for me, it worked very well to invite our future Queen into
that theatre.’
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Her store is filled with exotic lingerie from designer labels such as Velda Lauder, Myla and Sally Jones, with prices ranging from £30 to £130 for a bra.
The shop also features a burlesque-themed private area where men can watch their wives or girlfriends have a fitting – and a section selling more risque items including upmarket corsets, negligees, feather boas and riding crops.
Carole Middleton (left) has been a customer of Angela Knight Lingerie's for years. Two weeks ago, she, Pippa (right) and Kate bought 'sets of lingerie'
Miss Knight, a 46-year-old mother of five, admitted she made a slight faux pas with her high-profile customer.
‘I have a plastic frog which I show to customers and ask them to kiss, saying it will turn their boyfriends and husbands into a prince,’ she said.
‘I asked Kate to kiss the frog but didn’t realise the implications of what I had said until it was too late.
‘I thought to myself, “Oh well, she is marrying a prince anyway” and tried to gloss over it. Kate just laughed.’
Yesterday, Miss Knight gave a hint of her association with the bride when she posted on the company’s Facebook page: ‘Congratulations to Kate and Will! xxx.’
But in the Berkshire town of Hungerford, the talk on Friday was not just of her beautiful Sarah Burton dress – but what she might have been wearing underneath.
For a fortnight ago, as she made her final wedding preparations, Kate spent an afternoon buying lingerie with her mother and sister in a local shop.
Kate, her sister Pippa and mother Carole, spent an afternoon having a private fitting in Angela Knight Lingerie in the Berkshire town of Hungerford (the shop sells Myla underwear pictured above)
The trio had a private fitting in Angela Knight Lingerie on April 16, while two protection officers waited outside.
Miss Knight, who owns the business, refused to disclose the exact items bought by the bride, but revealed she, Carole and Pippa bought ‘sets of lingerie’.
When asked if their purchases may have been part of their trousseau – the set of clothes a bride-to-be buys for her wedding day and married life – Miss Knight laughed coyly. But last week, a package labelled with the shop’s name was delivered to the Middletons’ home 16 miles away in Bucklebury.
Kate’s mother Carole has been a customer of Miss Knight’s for years.
Was Kate's lingerie purchase a fortnight ago part of the trousseau - the set of clothes a bride-to-be buys for her wedding day and married life?
‘When the Middletons came in, I just acted normally even though I had no prior warning they were coming,’ said Miss Knight, who closed the business for the afternoon so the family could browse in private.
‘I think of my shop as a theatre so for me, it worked very well to invite our future Queen into
that theatre.’
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Her store is filled with exotic lingerie from designer labels such as Velda Lauder, Myla and Sally Jones, with prices ranging from £30 to £130 for a bra.
The shop also features a burlesque-themed private area where men can watch their wives or girlfriends have a fitting – and a section selling more risque items including upmarket corsets, negligees, feather boas and riding crops.
Carole Middleton (left) has been a customer of Angela Knight Lingerie's for years. Two weeks ago, she, Pippa (right) and Kate bought 'sets of lingerie'
Miss Knight, a 46-year-old mother of five, admitted she made a slight faux pas with her high-profile customer.
‘I have a plastic frog which I show to customers and ask them to kiss, saying it will turn their boyfriends and husbands into a prince,’ she said.
‘I asked Kate to kiss the frog but didn’t realise the implications of what I had said until it was too late.
‘I thought to myself, “Oh well, she is marrying a prince anyway” and tried to gloss over it. Kate just laughed.’
Yesterday, Miss Knight gave a hint of her association with the bride when she posted on the company’s Facebook page: ‘Congratulations to Kate and Will! xxx.’
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