On Tuesday morning, Prince George and Princess Charlotte headed back to school at Thomass Battersea, the progressive private school that has been the center of the Cambridges mornings and their social lives for the last few years. Since the kids are back at school, Kate Middleton, who turns 38 on Thursday, needed to celebrate her birthday a little early. According to People, she held a party at Anmer Hall, her and Prince Williams country home in Norfolk, on Sunday and invited some of her close friendsincluding one who was recently thought to be on the outs with the duchess.

The celebration started Sunday, when Kate and William went to church in Sandringham with the Queen. Anmer Hall is on the Sandringham estate where the Queen spends the holidays. A larger group also accompanied the royal family: Kates parents, Carole and __Michael Middleton, friends Tom van Strabenzee, Lucy Lanigan-OKeefe (People said shes also a teacher at Thomass), Lady Laura Meade, one of Louis godparents, her husband James Meade, David, Marquess of Cholmondeley, and his wife, Rose Hanbury, Marquess of Cholmondeley.

Rose and Kate were close friends when the Cambridges moved up to Norfolk after Georges birth, as a part of a group some have called the Turnip Toffs, but during 2019, outlets speculated that Kate and Rose were feuding and no longer friends. Roses appearance should put this rumor to rest; after all, you only attend a birthday church service for someone you really like.

While the Cholmondeley couples presence was certainly an attention getter, the real controversy of Kates birthday might have been her headwear. By now, you probably have seen the pictures of the duchess wearing a jaunty blue fedora and purple coat from Hicks and Brown to St. Mary Magdalenes on Sunday. Perhaps to prove that were leaving behind all negative associations with the fedora from the last decade, she wore the hat into a house of worship. The Queen also wore purple to the church service.

Otherwise, details are scarce about what the rest of the party might have entailed. Neither of Kates siblings, James and Pippa, attended the party, likely because both were recently on vacation in the Caribbean. However, we can assume Kate probably pulled a couple of perfect pints.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this post misstated Kate Middletons age.

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