The Duchess of Cambridge Charities and Patronages 1: 2011- Sep 2022


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Catherine stepping up her game! I love that she’ll be the first.

All via KP on Twitter :)

The Duchess of Cambridge is to become the first Royal Patron of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Furthering Her Royal Highness's interest in the visual arts, photography and design, she formally takes up the @V_and_A Patronage from today.



The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art, design, education and performance. It was established to make works of art available to all and to inspire British designers and manufacturers.



The Duchess previously visited the @V_and_A in June 2017 to officially open the Museum's new entrance, courtyard and exhibition gallery on Exhibition Road.
 
We are honoured to announce that Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has agreed to become the V&A’s first Royal Patron. The patronage reflects Her Royal Highness’s continued personal interest in the visual arts, photography and design.

Victoria and Albert Museum via Twitter
 
Excellent..one of my favorite Women allies with one of my favourite haunts..
 
V & A right next to the Natural History Museum; that will be convenient, two of Kate's patronages side by side.
 
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Very impressive patronage for Her Royal Highness.
 
How exciting. I love the V & A. I wish I’d had more time to spend there. It sounds right up Kate’s ally, and it’s cool that she’ll be the first royal patron.
 
I'm willing to bet that when Kate picked her major in Art History at St. Andrew's, she never would have figured that one day she would be the royal patron of the V&A museum. That road led into the right direction it seems.
 
I’m shocked the V&A Museum hasn’t had a royal patron before. It’s world renowned. She’s certainly upping her game.
 
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Yes, why after all this time have the V & A suddenly decided to have a royal patron?

Though perhaps it helps when there are fund-raising events...
 
I think it says a lot about Catherine. The V&A either didn’t want or need a royal Patron but the chance to have Kate was a no brainer.

It ties in well with some of Catherine’s other patronages. A very good fit.
 
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I love the idea. I am hoping some of those tiaras there go back into circulation at some point.


LaRae
 
Rudolph said:
I’m shocked the V&A Museum hasn’t had a royal patron before. It’s world renowned. She’s certainly upping her game.
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It surprises me too. But I would think any organization would jump at the chance to get Kate as a patron.

I love that museum. Ahhh- to have had more time in London.
 
Great news :flowers:

I like this kind of patronage for Kate. Its one that's he actually has a personal connection to. It doesn't just feel like its one of those 'strong causes' that she is expected to have. Its great seeing her taking on another art one. I had hoped when she married she might have taken on some more art related, including lesser known art organizations. Get them the funding and acknowledging needed.
 
The V&A is honoured to announce that Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has agreed to become Royal Patron to the Museum. The patronage reflects Her Royal Highness’s continued personal interest in the visual arts, photography and design.

The Duchess’ acceptance of the role of Royal Patron follows her previous support for the Museum in June 2017, when she joined V&A staff and architect Amanda Levete CBE, for the official unveiling of Exhibition Road Quarter – the V&A’s most significant development project for over 100 years.
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Read more: Duchess of Cambridge announced as Royal Patron to the V&A | Victoria and Albert Museum
 
How do these patronages work?
I know there's a list of organizations requesting a royal patron, but do the organizations get to request a specific royal, or do they take whoever's willing?
 
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The summer V&A party has been going on for a while without any royal patronage and seems to have done all right.

Catherine is the first royal patron in the museum’s history so I doubt it’s too big a deal she wasn’t there the year she gave birth.

I’m sure they know what they’re doing. Catherine’s private secretary is a member of the Board of the Charity Commission for England and Wales
 
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It’s easy to think that the whole point of the royal family is their pomp and circumstance: their parades, their carriage rides, their weddings. And yes, that’s certainly a large part—after all, what is a monarchy without tradition?

But, new data released by the United Kingdom’s Office of National Statistics today suggests they are much more than just crowns and castles.

The ONS found that country’s male suicide rate is 15.5 out of 100,000 men—its lowest point since 1981.

The reason for the drop? “We believe that the focus in recent years on suicide prevention to tackle the higher rates in men has contributed to this,” Ruth Sutherland, head of the Samaritans charity, told the London Times. “Added to this, reducing stigma around men’s mental health and encouraging men to open up and seek help when they are struggling has been beneficial.”

One of the campaigns working to do just that is Heads Together, a foundation that aims to promote mental well-being and end the stigma surrounding mental health. It was started in 2016 as a joint effort between Prince William, Kate Middleton, and Prince Harry.

It was originally the Duchess’s idea: “It was Catherine who first realized that all three of us were working on mental health in our individual areas of focus,” Prince William said in a speech on World Mental Health Day. “She had seen that at the core of adult issues like addiction and family breakdown, unresolved childhood mental health issues were often part of the problem.”
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Read more: How The Duchess of Cambridge’s Idea May Have Just Changed Britain for the Better
 
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On Wednesday 10 October, The Duchess of Cambridge will make her first visit as Royal Patron of the V&A to open the museum's new Photography Centre. Kate will tour the opening display at the Photography Centre entitled Collecting Photography: From Daguerreotype to Digital.
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London Wednesday 10th October, 2018

The Duchess of Cambridge will make her first visit as Royal Patron of the V&A to open the museum’s new Photography Centre on Wednesday 10th October.

Her Royal Highness will tour the opening display at the Photography Centre entitled Collecting Photography: From Daguerreotype to Digital. The display explores photography from the medium’s invention in the 19th century to the present day. Drawn from the V&A’s collection of over 800,000 photographs, the display showcases contemporary photography alongside seminal prints by pioneers William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron and Roger Fenton. During her tour of the exhibition, The Duchess will meet curators who have worked on the project, before unveiling a plaque to mark the official opening of the Centre.

The new Photography Centre will more than double the space dedicated to photography where prints, negatives, camera equipment, photographic publications and original documents will be displayed together to tell a broader story of international photography. A frequently changing selection of new acquisitions, a ‘Light Wall’ for displaying the most cutting-edge photographic imagery, and a ‘Dark Tent’ projection area complete the new space.

The Duchess became the first Royal Patron of the V&A in March 2018.
 
The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron, Victoria and Albert Museum, this evening officially opened the Museum’s new Photography Centre, Cromwell Road, London SW7, and was received by Lady Arnold (Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London).

- Court Circular || 10 October 2018
 
It's known that Catherine has always had an interest in photography, so this was probably an enjoyable and interesting engagement for her. Great to see the Cambridges back at work again.
 
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Very nice patronage, Catherine!
 
Perhaps we're seeing a transfer of patronage of Evelina London from the Queen to Kate? As I read about Kate becoming the patron of Evelina London Children's Hospital, I remember reading that the Queen held the patronage when our own Rudolph posted the announcement of the visit. The part that caught my eye was:

"Their Royal Highnesses will firstly visit Evelina London, which is preparing to mark its 150th anniversary in 2019. Evelina London, which is part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, of which The Queen is Patron "

Its great Kate is taking on more and more patronages and especially love the ones that deal with children.
 
Marian Ridley, Director of Evelina London, said: “We are absolutely delighted and deeply honoured The Duchess of Cambridge has chosen to become our Patron. The Duchess shares our passion for giving children and young people the very best start in life and Her Royal Highness’ support will help champion the life-saving care our staff are providing to our patients.

“It is a huge pleasure to welcome Their Royal Highnesses back to our hospital and we are absolutely delighted that they are able to join us as we begin to celebrate our milestone 150th anniversary. We are immensely grateful for Their Royal Highnesses’ support and we look forward to working closely with The Duchess as our Patron.”
 
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