THE Princess of Wales is said to have attended a secret 24-hour rave which was held on the Norfolk estate owned by a pal of hers and Prince William.
Kate Middleton, 41, is thought to have gone to her first ever music festival at the weekend, which is said to have been rather posh.
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The princess was reportedly having dinner with her Norfolk neighbours, the Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley, David and Rose, at their home, the rather grand Houghton Hall.
Their estate covers 1,000 acres and at the time the Houghton Festival was taking place on their grounds.
A source told the Daily Mail: “After dinner, one of the guests suggested that Catherine go to the festival.
“Catherine was nervous about the idea, but, after much discussion with her protection officers, she went with lots of security. William wasn’t there.”
The event, billed as Britain’s only 24-hour music festival, first launched in 2017 by DJ Craig Richards.
It ran from last Thursday to Sunday and featured more than 200 artists performing across 13 stages with music always playing somewhere at the site.
Some 12,000 party-goers were expected to attend.
A spokesperson for Kensington Palace declined to comment when approached by The Sun Online.
Kate is well-known for strutting her stuff on the dancefloor.
In 2008, when she wasn’t a princess, she was seen at a roller-disco with pals, including the jockey Sam Waley-Cohen.
While two years earlier she was seen cutting some moves at Richard Branson’s Summer and Tennis Party at the Kensington Roof Gardens in London.
While it’s not clear why her husband Prince William didn’t go with her, it was the Glorious Twelfth on Saturday and it’s speculated he could have been out grouse-shooting.
The future king and queen are thought to have a close friendship with the Cholmondeleys, who live just a few miles from their Norfolk base, Anmer Hall.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth, the Marquess was replaced as Lord Great Chamberlain last September.
King Charles has kept up close ties with the Marquess, aka filmmaker David Rocksavage, 63.
Charles appointed him as his Lord-in-Waiting, a position meaning he would attend important state and royal occasions, as well as representing the king at various events.
Rocksavage and Rose tied the knot in 2009, he is 23 years her senior.
She has given birth to twins Alexander and Oliver.
They also have a younger daughter called Iris.
The Marquess gave up his position as Lord Great Chamberlain due to tradition that it changes to another aristocratic family following the death of the monarch.
The title was given to the seventh Lord Carrington, whose late father was the Foreign Secretary in Margaret Thatcher’s administration.
Queen Elizabeth is known to have joined the huge crowds celebrating VE Day, May 8, 1945.
Her parents, George VI and Queen Elizabeth, let the 19-year-old future monarch and her sister Margaret leave Buckingham Palace so they could join in the party marking the end of World War 2.
In a BBC interview in 1985 for the 40th anniversary of VE Day, the Queen remembered that evening, saying, “I think it was one of the most memorable nights of my life.
“We were terrified of being recognised, so I pulled my uniform cap well down over my eyes.
“A Grenadier officer among our party of about 16 people said he refused to be seen in the company of another officer improperly dressed, so I had to put my cap on normally.”
The Queen added: “I remember lines of unknown people linking arms and walking down Whitehall, all of us just swept along on a tide of happiness and relief.
“I also remember when someone exchanged hats with a Dutch sailor; the poor man coming along with us in order to get his hat back.”
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