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Even princesses can end up solo on Valentines Day. With hubby Prince William deployed to the Falklands, the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, was without her man on the most romantic day of the year. But she certainly didn’t sit around moping about it. Instead, Kate spent V-Day doing good works. With the poise of a future queen, she toured a number of charitable organizations in Liverpool, England, including Action on Addiction, of which she is a patron. According to the Associated Press, Kate received a bouquet of red roses and a card from eight-year-old Jaqson Johnston-Lynch whose mother runs the organization. Reportedly, he wrote “Happy Valentine’s Day, your Royal Highness. I’m sorry Prince William can’t be here.” Kate did, however, assure his mother Jacquie that she had received a card and flowers from her husband earlier in the morning.

Despite the fact that Prince William is 8,000 miles away, Kate was feeling the love from the crowds that gathered along Liverpool’s main thoroughfares. Looking elegant and understated in a slim, Valentine’s appropriate chocolate brown wool overcoat, black tights and black suede pumps, she graciously accepted more bouquets and cards from her adoring fans. Britain’s Mirror reported that her Hobbs overcoat sold out online in under an hour after she was pictured wearing it! Now that’s some serious style power. Here, she’s prim and proper, but with her usual modern, youthful flair in a cardi, white skirt and chic oversized Christian Dior shades. –rpuccia

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