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Kate goes green for St. Patrick's Day parade
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ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge presents a 'shamrock' to the Regimental mascot as she takes part in a St Patrick's Day parade as she visits Aldershot Barracks on St Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012 in Aldershot, England. The Duchess presented shamrocks to the Irish Guards at a St Patrick's Day parade during her visit. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Chris Jackson / Getty Images
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) presents a shamrock to 'Conmael', the mascot Irish hound at Aldershot army base in southern England March 17, 2012. The Duchess of Cambridge was presenting shamrocks to members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, a tradition on St Patrick's Day. REUTERS/Toby Melville (ENTERTAINMENT MILITARY SOCIETY ROYALS)TOBY MELVILLE / Reuters
ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge presents a 'shamrock' to the Regimental mascot as she takes part in a St Patrick's Day parade as she visits Aldershot Barracks on St Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012 in Aldershot, England. The Duchess presented shamrocks to the Irish Guards at a St Patrick's Day parade during her visit. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Chris Jackson / Getty Images
The Duchess of Cambridge was resplendent in green as she handed out shamrocks to members of the Irish Guards, a regiment of the British army, during a St. Patrick's Day visit. According to the BBC, she was taking part in a tradition that goes back to the first regimental St Patrick's Day in 1901.
Kate was introduced to the regimental mascot, an Irish Wolfhound named Conmeal, and capped off her first solo military engagement with a glass of sherry.
Two soldiers had to be escorted from the parade ground shortly before the arrival of the Duchess after they appeared to faint.
ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: A soldier is helped to his feet after fainting as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge takes part in a St Patrick's Day parade as she visits Aldershot Barracks on St Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012 in Aldershot, England. The Duchess presented shamrocks to the Irish Guards at a St Patrick's Day parade during her visit. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)Chris Jackson / Getty Images
epa03148806 Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge holds a glass of Harvey's Bristol Creme in the Junior's Mess as she visits Aldershot Barracks on St Patrick's Day, in Aldershot, Britain, 17 March 2012. The Duchess presented shamrocks to the Irish Guards at a St Patrick's Day parade during her visit. EPA/CHRIS JACKSON / POOL UK AND IRELAND OUT EDITORIAL USE ONLYCHRIS JACKSON / POOL / EPA
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 08: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Catherine Duchess of Cambridge arrives at Leicester Train Station as she accompanies Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on a visit to Leicester on the first date of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK on March 8, 2012 in Leicester, England. (Photo by Indigo/Getty Images)Indigo / Getty Images Contributor
