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The Duchess of Cambridge’s first official engagement of 2015 confirmed

A pregnant Kate Middleton will hit the ground running in 2015 with a busy January schedule setting the pace for an eventful year ahead.
Kate Middleton 2015 engagement at school

The festive season is well and truly over and it’s back to official duties for the Duchess of Cambridge after spending the holidays with Prince William and baby George at their Sandgringham House.

Clarence House has confirmed Kate’s January planner, who will attend two public engagements this month, on the 15th and 16th, reports Hello!.

The first day will see Kate visiting Barlby Primary in London, where she will officially name the Clore art room of the school as part of her involvement with the Art room charity, one of the many projects she partakes in.

“The Duchess of Cambridge is Patron of @TheArtRoomUK which offers art as therapy to young people who are facing challenges in their lives,” Clarence House tweets.

On the following day, she will attend an event hosted by the Fostering Network, “to celebrate foster carers and the work that they do.”

Before it’s all system’s go, the Duchess will celebrate her 33rd birthday on January 9.

Little Prince George will have a sibling come April and Kate has been impressing fashionistas everywhere with her chic maternity style.

While we can’t wait to spy what the Duchess wears to her next official outing we reflect on some of her best looks of the last few months.

Looking elegant with her up-do, Kate and Prince William were the guests of honour at a black-tie event in NYC in December where the pregnant Duchess glowed in an ink blue Jenny Packham gown.

A pregnant Duchess of Cambridge recently stepped out with Prince William for an engagement in Wales wearing this gorgeous sky-blue Matthew Williamson coat which covered her growing baby bump.

The Duchess of Cambridge was reverently dress all in black as she attended the annual Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph on Whitehall on November 9, 2014 in London. Kate wore an ornate poppy brooch to symbolise the poppy fields where many soldiers fell during World War I.

While pregnant the Duchess has still been daring with her fashion choices. Kate wore a Temperley London black knee-length dress to at a gala dinner for Action on Addiction in October 2014.

Pregnant Kate in a full-length Jenny Packham gown with a pair of nude ankle strap pumps and a cream clutch.

The Duchess looked beautiful in this blue L.K Bennett dress for her visit to the Tower of London’s poppy memorial during the very early days of her pregnancy.

Even before she was being celebrated for her chic maternity style the Duchess has been one of the best dressed women this past year. Here are some of our favourite frocks from 2014 including this dress by Australian designer Zimmermann that Kate donned while Down Under earlier this year. Photo: Media Mode

Kate wore a a bright green Catherine Walker coat dress and nude patent platform heels to the National Arboretum in Canberra.

The Duchess looked beautiful in a soft pink full skirt and top with a deep v-neck by Alexander McQueen during her visit to Adelaide.

For her first day in New Zealand, Kate chose a scarlet Catherine Walker coat, a matching Gina Foster pillbox hat and black pumps.

The Duchess of Cambridge looked absolutely stunning in a custom-made Jenny Packham black cocktail frock with hand-stitched beading in the shape of a silver fern to the unveiling of a portrait of the Queen at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand.

Dressed in a bright yellow Roksanda Ilincic dress and nude heels, Kate looked beautiful for her first day in Sydney.

The Duchess looked elegant in a coral dress from Goat while visiting Blessed Sacrament School in North London in July. In true Kate style, the frock sold out on MatchesFashion.com within minutes.

Kate wore an elegant Lela Rose cocktail dress to a reception in April in Australia.

Kate wore a Lasa Poppy Print Dress by favourite British label L.K. Bennett in Brisbane.

The Diane von Furstenberg dress she wore for her April 17 appearance in Winmalee, sold out within minutes. The Duchess of Cambridge paired the fit-and-flare dress with Stuart Weitzman platform wedges.

Kate in a stunning military blue Alexander McQueen coat for a service at the War Memorial in Seymour Square, New Zealand.

The young royal chose a Hobbs coat and a Gina Foster hat for the St Patrick’s Day Parade in March.

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