Kate Middleton Bought St. Patrick's Day Drinks for Irish Guards

Publish date: 2024-05-02

Altough she's recovering from her abdominal surgery and grappling with all the conspiracies about her whereabouts, Kate Middleton didn't let the Irish Guards down for St. Patrick's Day. According to the Daily Mail, Middleton made sure that the Irish Guards celebrated the holiday with a round of drinks on her.

The outlet notes that while she had to miss out on the tradition of handing out shamrocks to the guards to commemorate the holiday, she bought about £2,000 (which is about $2,500) worth of drinks for the regiment. On top of that, Seamus the Irish wolfhound, who acts as the Irish Guards' mascot, got a big ol' bone to celebrate, too. For anyone wondering, that amounted to about 700 pints of Guinness. 

Middleton is officially the Colonel of the Irish Guards, a title bestowed on her by King Charles III, and last year's appearance at the parade was the first time she participated as Colonel.

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"I really couldn’t be prouder to stand in front of you here today. It really is a true honor to be your Colonel. I am here to listen to you, to support you, and to champion you in all you do — this is a responsibility I do not take lightly," she said last year. "I look forward to spending more time with you and your families, seeing your commitment to duty and service in all you do."

At this year's parade, the Irish Guards gave three cheers in honor of the Princess of Wales. "Three cheers for the Colonel of the regiment!"

According to the palace's statement that came after Middleton's abdominal surgery, she's set to return to her royal duties next weekend, which is Easter. However, conspiracists have assumed Buckingham Palace orchestrated a campaign to secretly keep Middleton at home, with many calling the images of Middleton and Prince William's most recent shopping trip to a farm stand a fake-out; Heidi Agan, a Princess of Wales imposter, assured fans that it wasn't her trying to pull a charade.

"There has obviously been some speculation about whether it was Kate and William in that footage and stills. In fact, my own social media has gone crazy as people think it is me, but ... I was at work at the time, so I know that is not me. I 100 percent believe that is Kate Middleton and William in that video,” she told The Mirror. Easter weekend will likely offer more clarity.

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