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Kate Duchess of Cambridge waits to make a few remarks at a fund raising gala at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. . The Duchess is wearing a dress by British designer Jenny Packham and a necklace on loan from Queen Elizabeth II that was given to the Queen as a gift for her wedding in 1947. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
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Kate Duchess of Cambridge talks to guests at a fund raising gala at theNational Portrait Gallery in London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. . The Duchess is wearing a dress by British designer Jenny Packham and a necklace on loan from Queen Elizabeth II that was given to the Queen as a gift for her wedding in 1947. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
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Kate Duchess of Cambridge talks to guests at a fund raising gala at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. . The Duchess is wearing a dress by British designer Jenny Packham and a necklace on loan from Queen Elizabeth II that was given to the Queen as a gift for her wedding in 1947. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)
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A person dressed as Queen Elizabeth II parachutes into the Olympic stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games at the Olympic Stadium in London, Friday, July 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Ezra Shaw, Getty)
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FILE - This is a Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 file photo of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as she listens during the service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. A monarch's life is not all luxury and glamour. A report by British lawmakers into the finances of Queen Elizabeth II has exposed crumbling palaces and depleted coffers, and discovered that a royal reserve fund for emergencies is down to its last million pounds ($1.6 million). In the Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014, report the legislators urged royal officials to adopt a more commercial approach to making money, and suggested opening up Buckingham Palace to visitors more often. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
