As if we needed another reason to love Kate Middleton: This weekend, she was spotted running all over the city of London in leggings, giving us official proof that even princesses count them as pants.
Kate Middleton Makes Royal Decree: Leggings Are Pants
And it made us adore her all the more

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Yep, the Duchess of Cambridge rocked them while shopping at her local Lululemon. (She probably was in there to stock up on a fresh supply of stretch, obviously.) Her royal trick to keeping the look sleek, not sloppy: by pairing it with a structured purse, jacket and her signature bouncy blowout.
The lesson? You can wear leggings as pants--as long as you wash your hair. Done.
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