The Princess of Wales selected a bespoke tartan coat by tailor Chris Kerr for a day of engagements in Scotland.

The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, because the couple is titled in Scotland, began their day with an unscheduled cease to see the Kelpies, the world’s largest equine sculptures.

Extra from Hello magazine’s coverage. 

Prince William and Kate have been delayed to their first outing after they’d an impromptu cease at The Kelpies in Falkirk. The duel 30m-tall horsehead sculptures are mentioned to embody the fusion of Scotland’s wealthy mythological heritage alongside the facility of Scottish business and engineering.

Historic UK notes, “A kelpie is a shape-changing aquatic spirit of Scottish legend.”

The duo then traveled to the National Curling Academy in Stirling.

We be taught extra from The Herald’s story. 

Curling traces its roots again to Sixteenth-century Scotland and has since change into one in every of Workforce GB and Paralympics GB’s most profitable winter sports activities, incomes six Olympic medals and two Paralympic medals up to now. 

The Nationwide Curling Academy was opened in August 2017 within the run-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang to offer a devoted curling facility for British Curling athletes. It offers the athletes year-round entry to top quality ice, which was not beforehand obtainable within the UK.

The couple met with Team GB and Paralympic GB Curling groups, forward of the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic Games in Milano-Cortina in February and March.

The royals gave curling a go after group captains Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds gave the couple a quick lesson and demonstration.

The Princess in motion.

Extra on the go to from The Daily Mail’s piece. 

However the prince and princess quickly realized simply how troublesome it’s to grasp the game after being given a brief introduction of the right way to throw the stone.

Skips Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds gave them a five-minute demonstration on the right way to push off from the rubber hack, a foothold within the ice, and use the slippery sole they got to propel themselves ahead.

After doing a number of follow lunge motions, Catherine appeared apprehensive to take to the ice and instructed her husband: ‘You may go first.’

‘Are you certain?’ He replied. ‘It gained’t make a distinction.’

However he confidently took a stone and bent down into place, saying ‘right here we go, let’s see what occurs’ as he slid off. 

We return to The Daily Mail story. 

When it was Catherine’s flip, she tentatively took to the 45-metre lengthy sheet, holding onto her husband’s proper arm as she fastidiously stepped onto the ice.

Hoisting her lengthy skirt up and tucking her hair behind her ear, the princess acquired into place.

Showing more and more nervous to spring off, William may very well be heard encouraging her: ‘Simply lean on each Catherine,’ in reference to the pink stone and the supply stick, used for freshmen to assist regular themselves.

Scottish Curling shared a video of the Princess throwing the stone. 

The Princess of Wales making strikes on the ice right this moment in Stirling, Scotland. pic.twitter.com/oeZ2u5IPEp

— Workforce Mouat (@TeamMouat) January 20, 2026

The Princess celebrates after her flip with Scottish roller Jen Dodds, a member of the 2022 gold medal-winning Olympic group. 

That is by way of The Scotsman’s coverage. 

Bruce Mouat, skip of the lads’s curling group and one half of the blended doubles, mentioned: “It was fantastic, very nice that they got here to want us good luck for the subsequent month we’re about to embark on, each of them have been pretty and keen to twist.” He continued: “They mentioned they might be watching the video games, which implies lots to us.”

The royals posed for group images whereas on the heart. 

Right here you see the couple with the Workforce GB Paralympic Combined Doubles group of Jo Butterfield MBE and Jason Kean. 

Catherine, Princess of Wales and Prince William, Prince of Wales have tried curling – and you need to too! 🥌

Discover a session close to you now! ⬇️https://t.co/TIzB3lcXdC pic.twitter.com/Mt1Hm0kxye

— Scottish Curling (@scottishcurling) January 20, 2026

The Prince and Princess chatted with well-wishers inside the ability.

One other view. 

Right here you see the couple as they left the curling heart. 

They then greeted a few of these gathered outdoors.

One other view of the Princess. 

The Prince and Princess then visited Radical Weavers, a working handweaving studio and impartial charity within the coronary heart of Stirling.

The group provides quite a lot of courses, including workshops instructing conventional Scottish tartan-weaving abilities.

There’s additionally a present store that includes handmade gadgets. We be taught extra from The Scotsman’s story.

The royal couple have been proven around the charity’s Murray Place premises by the its founding director Mairi Breslin, who mentioned the go to was “by far” the largest occasion within the organisation’s seven-year historical past.

“(It’s a) full sport changer. It’s a small impartial charity, with 5 members of workers,” she mentioned.

We be taught extra from The National’s article. 

….the pair met members of the charity’s tartan-weaving course, the place Kate took a seat at a standard loom so as to add an “inch and a half” to what the Radical Weavers hope will develop right into a record-breaking 3km-long tartan scarf.

The garment, which is being woven within the Wallace tartan and which shall be produced communally, is meant to lift cash to construct Scotland’s Tartan Centre in Stirling.

After they visited the weaving group, they greeted well-wishers gathered outdoors. 

One other view of the pair. 

It appears just like the Princess is posing for a selfie on this picture.

On this picture, you may see the again of the coat and the gathered waistline.

The couple’s last cease for the day was at The Gothenburg Pub within the former mining village of Fallin.

Rebecca English of The Each day Mail reports on social media, “Based in 1910, ‘The Goth’ is among the few remaining pubs in Scotland nonetheless run below the Gothenburg system, which goals to funnel income from pubs and ingesting institutions again to the group.”

We be taught extra from The Scotsman’s story. 

The couple met The Goth’s publican, Rob Donaldson, who took over the institution in 2013, and William spoke to him in regards to the worth of group

As William left, Mr Donaldson handed him a Guinness glass with the Goth brand on it and shares within the pub.

He mentioned: “It’s simply made my day. It’s made my 12 months.”

Mr Donaldson mentioned his excessive second operating the pub has beforehand simply been “maintaining it alive for the group”.

Nevertheless right this moment, he mentioned: “That’s simply topped it, by the way in which, assembly a future king. Completely improbable.”

We return to the AOL article. 

The royal couple have been instructed that 95 per cent of the pub’s income are donated to group causes, from households in want and meals banks to native charities and hospices.

In addition they met native individuals and Kate talked to lecturers about anxieties that faculties face and the way intertwined the college is with the group.

Whereas on the pub, the Princess was given a present for Princess Charlotte. The Each day Mail has extra on this story. 

In the meantime, on one other desk, Catherine was given a crocheted bunny for her daughter, Princess Charlotte, by Adele Hodgson. The 70-year-old had taken up the interest round a 12 months in the past and auctions off her creations to lift cash for the native hospice, Strathcarron.

The princess mentioned: ‘She is going to completely love that. She’s acquired a number of teddies on her mattress. Properly accomplished, that will need to have taken a very long time.Thanks a lot.’

Earlier than the royal couple left, Catherine noticed the prince’s unfinished drink and mentioned: ‘You could end that.’

You may nearly see the bunny on this picture.

As soon as they left the pub, the royals greeted individuals.

This Daily Mail piece has extra.

After leaving, the prince and princess crouched down to talk to some younger youngsters and their moms who had come out to greet them.

William spoke to Jade Cousin, 33, and her daughter Sophie, 5, about what actions she was doing and her swimming classes.

We now transfer to our take a look at what Kate wore, starting together with her blue tartan coat by Chris Kerr.

The piece was crafted of cloth made by Johnstons of Elgin; reporters say the Princess labored on the sample with Johnstons and was searching for colours invoking the Scottish flag. The longline coat encompasses a double-breasted design, gathered aspect and again waist, angled entrance pocket flaps, and a deep again vent. Here’s a nearer take a look at a number of the particulars, together with the structured and barely raised shoulder, the peaked lapels, and the sleeve cuff. Thanks to Kate Middleton styled on Instagram for the ID and her affirmation from the designer.

The Princess repeated her Zara turtleneck, first famous in January 2022, a design with slit cuffs constituted of a mix of viscose, nylon, and elastane. Her skirt very a lot appears just like the Navy Long Kilt ($1695), a part of a collaborative collection between Le Kilt and Johnstons of Elgin.  The product description notes, “Designed with heritage and modernity in thoughts, it options elegant pleats and adjustable leather-based straps for a refined end. Woven in Scotland from the best wool and cashmere, this kilt combines distinctive softness with a swish drape.”

Thanks to Middleton Maven for this ID. The Princess has worn each Le Kilt and Johnstons earlier than. Beneath, the Princess carrying Le Kilt throughout a visit to Edinburgh in 2016. 

We be taught extra in regards to the Le Kilt and Johnstons collaboration by way of this British Vogue story. 

Le Kilt, a label that leans into founder Samantha McCoach’s Scottish roots, presents an providing that straddles each fashionable and heritage design, specializing in pure supplies and small-scale producers throughout the UK and Scotland. And this season, the model is increasing its oeuvre with an unique collaboration with 225-year-old Scottish design stalwart Johnstons of Elgin.

These with a kilt skirt inclination will little question already be acquainted with Le Kilt’s product vary: mini and maxi kilts in 100 per cent wool and gabardine, adorned with Prince of Wales checks and secured with silver kilt pins. The Johnstons of Elgin collaboration captures the important thing parts of Le Kilt’s designs, drawing on traditions of kilt making.

A number of of us have searched diligently for the Princess’s waistcoat, or vest, and have come up empty-handed. Ought to I be taught who created the piece, I’ll replace the publish. 

For a lot of the day, the Princess was in her customized black suede boots by Giovanni Rossi. I present them right here with the label’s Glen ($1995), the same fashion, though its toe shouldn’t be as pointed because the toe on the Princess’s boots. 

When on the ice on the curling heart, the Princess wore a brand new pair of trainers by Tod’s. With because of Carly at Kate Middleton Style, they seem like the model’s Ankle Boots in Suede ($1095). The boot is a Chelsea fashion with aspect elastic inserts, almond toe, rubber sole, and a pull tab on the heel. They’re additionally obtainable at Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, and Saks. At Farfetch, the worth is lower in some sizes (as little as $740), and at My Theresa, it’s $1045.  

The Princess additionally wore her sapphire and diamond cluster earrings. 

 

VIDEOS: 

The Royal Household Channel provides a number of minutes of protection from the Radical Weavers engagement.

The Royal Household Channel has virtually 18 minutes of protection of the curling go to on this video. 

 The Scottish Solar has protection of the curling engagement on this piece.