There is something about this photo of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, frolicking in her parents back yard with a couple of pups, that is sheer delight. It was New Year's Eve and her and Prince William decided to take a stroll round the grounds and run the dogs with them. Like any normal couple.

Sure any normal couple probably couldn't afford those Le Chameau wellies, but you know... Kate looks fit and healthy in her skinny jeans and it makes me remember the style nay sayers of less than a year ago who said that Kate would always stick to the boot leg jeans as it wasn't seemly for a Princess to wear skinnies. Well. We know how well that turned out. She is a skinnies girl all the way. Rock on.
Sorry about the grainy quality of the photos — nasty paparazzi peeps taking them with long lenses. But they are so delightful that I decided to publish anyway.