Duchess Kate makes surprise appearance at Natural History Museum

<strong><A href="/tags/0/kate-middleton">Duchess Kate</a></strong> was all smiles as she arrived at London's Natural History Museum on Oct. 9 for a surprise visit! <p>The Duchess of Cambridge stepped out to the museum to visit its Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity to hear about how it is helping protect wildlife in the UK. It looks like she had some great fun! <p><strong>Click through the gallery (or keep scrolling if you're on mobile) to see the best photos from her day!</strong> <p>Photo: &copy; Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Kate looked stunning as ever as she arrived, wearing a maroon knitted sweater from <strong>Warehouse</strong>, green culottes from <strong><a href="/tags/0/jigsaw">Jigsaw</a></strong>, <strong>Tod</strong> red-fringed heels and carried a <strong><a href="/tags/0/chanel">Chanel</a></strong> handbag. <p>Photo: &copy; Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Here's a closer look at her Chanel handbag. <p>Photo: &copy; Samir Hussein/Wireimage
And her shoes! <p>Photo: &copy; Samir Hussein/WireImage
As she said hello, the wind caught Kate's gorgeous hair, to which she's recently added chestnut highlights. It blew it back a bit, giving us a great look at the <Strong>Asprey Woodland Collection Oak Leaf</strong> hoop earrings. <p>Photo: &copy; Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images
Kate was greeted by a staff member outside the museum before the two headed inside. <p>Photo: &copy; Neil Mockford/GC Images
Kate was *beaming* as they went inside. The 37-year-old was in her element! <p>The duchess became a patron of the museum in 2013. It's worth noting that <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-diana">Princess Diana</a></strong> held the patronage until 1993. <p>Photo: &copy; Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Kate was shown some environmental models and samples during her visit, and was fascinated by them. We can imagine how enthralled she would have been when she was a child, and she's passed that love of nature on to her kids! <p>The duchess has already brought <Strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-george">Prince George</a></strong> and <strong><a href="/tags/0/princess-charlotte">Princess Charlotte</a></strong> to the museum many times. George's first birthday portraits were actually shot in the museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibit in 2013. We hope <Strong><a href="/tags/0/prince-louis">Prince Louis</a></strong> gets to come to the museum for a visit soon because he'd love it! <p>Photo: &copy; Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Kate loves the great outdoors and like many of her family members, is a keen conservationist, so she was excited to hear about the work the centre is doing! Part of the AMC's research involves sequencing environmental DNA, which is very exciting. <p>Photo: &copy; Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images
She was particularly into this model, which features plants and newts in an aquarium! <p>Kate's last royal engagement at the museum was in 2017, when she helped unveil a blue whale skeleton. <p>Photo: &copy; Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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