Women across the UK have left overgrown edges and longer locks than usual due to hijackers being locked up during lock-in – and the Duchess of Cambridge is no different.
Kate Middleton, 39, showed off strikingly longer hair during her most recent virtual engagement.
Her brunette locks fell over her left shoulder as she chatted via a video link with nurses from University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust on Thursday to hear about their work and thank them for their efforts.
The Duchess, who is locked up with her family at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, sets an example by doing her own hair and letting her style grow, stylist James Johsnon explained.
Exclusions! Kate Middleton, 39, showed off strikingly longer hair during her most recent virtual engagement. She joined a video call from NHS staff thanking them for their hard work
Shorter style: The Duchess of Cambridge had a shorter style in October when she visited students at the University of Derby. A stylist said Kate sets an example ‘
“Fewer finishes gave her hair time to grow and it undoubtedly encouraged less hair to make her hair look healthy!”, He told Femail.
‘Like a lot of people at the moment, I think the closure has forced a lot of people to try new styles that they normally do not anticipate, the longer grown hair really suits her.
“Less movement and flicker is very strong, and that again proves why she’s a hair icon.”
The Duchess of Cambridge’s hair looked longer before Christmas, but she wore it in bulky curls that made it look shorter than it was.
The correction of the hair, as in the most recent video call, shows the full length.
The Duchess of Cambridge did business on Tuesday for the video call with NHS staff, wearing a pure white shirt under a classic jacket.
In keeping with the ‘less-is-more’ style approach, Kate kept her accessories simple and added a fine necklace and a pair of simple earrings.
Curly Kate! The hair of the Duchess of Cambridge looked long in November (left) and December (right), but appeared shorter due to the bulky curls
Hassle-free style: The Duchess of Cambridge pulled her hair back when she joined Prince William earlier this month for a video call (photo)
During the call, Kate hears the gripping story of a senior nurse holding the hand of a dying patient and playing his favorite band Bon Jovi after his wife was unable to reach his bed.
Kate praised Vasu Lingappa for walking the ‘extra mile’ and sharing a lighter moment with the NHS worker, who wanted the patient’s wife’s joke that he should sing the rock band’s hits, but he refused due to his strong Asian accent.
She made a call on Tuesday from the Queen’s estate in Sandringham after the monarch lent her and Prince William the house to use as their workplace during lockdown.
The large estate in Norfolk is currently empty as the monarch and Prince Philip are in Windsor for lockdown and it is not open to the public.
The duke and duchess live with their children in the ten-bedroom Anmer Hall, but they have set up a small temporary office with their staff in Sandringham.
Kate praised Vasu Lingappa (pictured) for going the extra mile and sharing a lighter moment with the NHS worker, who wanted the patient’s wife’s joke that he should sing the hits of the rock band, but he refused due to his strong Asian accent
Dressed in a smart black jacket, paired with a white blouse, Kate (39) spoke to nurses from University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust via a video link (above) to hear about their work and thank them for their efforts during the pandemic.
During the call, Mr. Lingappa, a critical care practitioner, told the Duchess: ‘Many people are dying and we have usually surrounded families for the last hour, but we can not do that.
‘And if I may give you an example, we had a lord, and unfortunately he was dying. So we talked to his wife and she said, ‘I can not come (see) him, but can you make your Bon sing Jovi and hold his hand? ‘.
And I said, ‘When I sing Bon Jovi in my accent. That would not be appropriate ‘. Then I took out my phone and played a YouTube video of Bon Jovi holding his hand. ‘
He went on to say: ‘It was difficult, but as I said earlier, I was surrounded by wonderful people with a lot of skills and inspiring stories.
“We are nurses (some) who have been working in critical care for 30 years, 35 years, 40 years – so there is nothing they have not seen yet, but it is unprecedented.”
After hearing the emotional story, Kate told the nurses: ‘You hear over and over again about the wonderful things nurses do up and down the country – that extra mile.
‘These are the things that, you know, are not part of the training and the things that you are taught, but the things that come from your heart.
‘I think it’s what matters so much now, these acts of kindness to the patients you care for, who are in your care, that family members can not be there, but that you go that extra mile and are there. ‘