Kate Middleton's Stunning St. Patrick's Day Debut as colonel

Kate Middleton's first Irish Guards parade after becoming colonel was on St. Patrick's Day with Prince William.

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Kate gave battalion troops shamrocks to pin to their tunics during the engagement.

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