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Kate Middleton joins the rest of the royal family today for the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in a pale pink coat with a matching Jane Taylor hat. At 50 degrees in London (or 10 degrees in British-speak) and less than a fortnight until spring, we're not sure if she's a mirage of pastel freshness at the end of a long winter or a totally real person, just as ready for the warmer months as the rest of the northern hemisphere.