Kate Middleton just wore this £40 Zara dress, and we need it
It's this year's summer wardrobe staple

It's this year's summer wardrobe staple
Our love for Zara never falters, and it seems neither does Kate Middleton's.
The Duchess of Cambridge was spotted wearing an off-shoulder embroidered summer dress from the high street retailer at the Houghton horse trials on Sunday.
Currently on maternity leave following the birth of her third child, Prince Louis, Kate spent the day in Norfolk with her eldest two children, George and Charlotte. Apparently, the family blended in with the rest of the general public and pretty much went unnoticed.
'We were sitting on the bench having something to eat and I noticed this beautiful woman in a blue dress who had two kids with her and I suddenly realised who it was,' Jack Schmollmann told the Daily Mail.
'I think other people noticed them but not everybody because they did their best to blend in and were just going about their daily lives. They were having a nice family day out, eating ice creams and sitting in the sunshine.'
As well as the striped sun dress, below, the duchess reportedly sported a bag by Little Makes Big and earrings by Catherine Zoraida.
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Lucy is a freelance beauty editor and contributor at Marie Claire, and has written for titles including Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Glamour, woman&home and more. She was previously Marie Claire’s junior beauty editor. During her career, she’s covered everything from backstage beauty at fashion week to interviews with famous faces like Drag Race royalty and Little Mix. As for her beauty ethos, she’s a big advocate for not having to spend a fortune on beauty products to get good results, and when she’s not got beauty on the brain you’ll probably find her reading or Netflix-ing.
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