August was predictably quiet, although Harry and Meghan gave us some fodder for chatter with their trip to Colombia at the start of the month. The Waleses provided a peek into their summer holiday when they were featured in a video congratulating TeamGB at the conclusion of the Paris Olympics. Of course, we were all waiting for confirmation that the Waleses were at Balmoral toward the end of August, preferably with a photo.
The family was, indeed, pictured on Sunday, August 25th, heading to Crathie Kirk for the Sunday service. Kate was wearing a Holland Cooper trench and Hicks and Brown fedora, both of which she wore last year. Their little ones were visible in the back of their Land Rover Defender.
One of you messaged me about the Waleses playing with nerf guns over the summer, but I was not able to follow up on that. Then Hannah Furness of the Telegraph reported the story with more details: