Wedding dress of Catherine Middleton around ten million pounds towards Middleton's own charity fund as well as the Royal Collection. Wedding dress of Catherine Middleton English designer Sarah Burton, creative director of the luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen, designed the bridal gown worn by Catherine Middleton at her wedding to Prince William on 29 April 2011. The dress and its maker were not formally announced until the bride stepped from her car to enter Westminster Abbey just prior to the service. Noted for its design, symbolism, and expected influence on Western bridal gown trends, the dress was widely anticipated and generated much comment in the
Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge represents England and strength as well as the family's home district of West Berkshire. The white chevronels symbolise peaks and mountains, said to represent the family's love of the Lake District and skiing, and the gold chevron represents Carole Middleton's maiden name of Goldsmith. The British press created the term "Upper Middleton Class" to describe the family's social position; other reports refer to the family as being "minted...with a smattering of blue-blooded antecedents". The Middletons' first daughter, Catherine, "Kate", now the Duchess of Cambridge, was born on 9 January 1982. A boarder at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne and Marlborough College,