Prince William and Princess Kate welcomed the summer in style with an appearance at the annual Royal Garden Party. See the photos.

After spending last summer tending to her health, it was a meaningful moment to see Kate Middleton return to royal business as usual by Prince William’s side at a Buckingham Palace garden party, held earlier this week.

Kate Middleton hosted a Buckingham Palace garden party on May 20—her first appearance at such an event in two years. The Princess of Wales’s ensemble was loaded with symbolism and meaning, from tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth to her husband Prince William to—Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

"While King Charles remains keen to keep Beatrice and Eugenie close, deploying them at garden parties and receptions, neither will receive the full-time royal roles that their father [Prince Andrew] once coveted for them," Daily Mail columnist Ephraim Hardcastle wrote in January.

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This story first appeared in Garden Party, a daily-ish playoffs newsletter from Boston Globe Sports. Click here to join the fun. Sure, you can enjoy the sun and the beach. But for those of us protecting our youthful complexions from sunburns, there’s plenty to do indoors as well.

A young Hartlepool woman was invited to the Royal Garden Party for a second year running in recognition of her volunteering efforts.

ROCHESTER HILLS, MI - Dust off your “roaring 20s” attire for this ritzy twilight garden party at a sprawling 1920s estate in southeast Michigan. The Gatsby Garden Party is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, at Meadow Brook Hall, a Tudor-revival style mansion built in the 1920s.