Kate visits Leicester at the start of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year (Mirrorpix / Splash News)
The Duchess of Cambridge at Malaysia’s biggest mosque in the capital of Kuala Lumpur in September (Mirrorpix / Splash News)
Kate attends the University of St Andrews 600th Anniversary Fundraising Auction at Middle Temple, London, UK, on November 8, 2012 (James Whatling/Splash News)
Prince William and Kate Middleton leave the hospital together in December after her bout with acute morning sickness (Matt Keeble / Splash News)
The Duchess presents Lord Sebastian Coe with the Lifetime Achievement Award during the BBC Sports Personality of the Year last month (EPA)
The Duchess of Cambridge turns 31 today, and it has certainly been a year to remember.
The future queen of England captured our attention with her striking beauty, poise and perhaps most of all, her pending motherhood.
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E! Online reports that she’ll be celebrating the big 3-1 “privately,” though no word if she’ll be with the Middleton family or let alone with hubby Prince William.
So let’s raise a glass to the mom-to-be and relive her most glamourous moments of the year.