Prince William and Kate Middleton aren’t yet married but they have already started their official Royal duties together. Princess-to-be Kate accompanied Prince William earlier today on a visit to Wills‘s RNLI lifeboat station in her first ever event as a member of the Royal family. Clearly they are easing her into her duties but once she is married and officially a member of the Royal Family, this is the sort of thing she’ll be doing much more of in the near future.

Kate Middleton got a real taste of what life and her future Royal role have in store for her as she attended an official engagement with Prince William for the first time today. The couple braved the blustery winds and grey skies on the Welsh coast to visit an RNLI lifeboat station in Anglesey close to where the Prince is based as a search and rescue pilot. Miss Middleton was wearing a Philip Treacey headpiece with a three-quarter length a three-quarter length beige coat, with brown trimmings and suede boots. The Royal bride-to-be emerged laughing and smiling as she poured champagne over a lifeboat. Crowds of people had turned up early at the pretty dockside hoping to catch a glimpse of the pair together in public for first time. They waved to well-wishers as they stepped out of a Land Rover at the base. As they took their place on the podium as they arrived they exchanged glances and smiled at each other before singing both the English and Welsh national anthems. Onlookers said Kate appeared to have learnt all the words of the Welsh national anthem in advance of the visit as she sang it faultlessly. Mingling with dignitaries today and accepting gifts and cards from the assembled Union flag-waving crowd, she showed a lightness of touch and winning approachability. In his address to the 2,000-strong crowd Prince William paid tribute to rescuers working in Christchurch, New Zealand to clear up following the powerful earthquake. Her helicopter pilot partner William, stationed at the Anglesey RAF base, thanked the volunteer search and rescue teams for their continued life-saving work. After meeting dignitaries at the Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station, Miss Middleton poured the bottle of bubbly over the new Hereford Endeavour. A palace spokesman said today was the couple’s first official engagement where Miss Middleton had been invited as a guest of honour. He said: ‘They (Prince William and Miss Middleton) asked for their first joint engagement to be in Anglesey. Then the lifeboat station approached us about the new lifeboat and, given that Prince William is a search and rescue pilot and at some point is very likely to be working with crew, it seemed appropriate.’

Awww … I love this!! They look really good together … and this is just the start of their life together as a Royal couple. Today they are pouring champagne on lifeboats, next they’ll be doing more significantly royal things. Kate will make a great princess, you can just tell.

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