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I have a confession to make. I'm a secret lover of the Daily Mail column of shame. You know, the column down the right hand side of the website that is completely full of unnecessary stories about TOWIE's Lauren Goodger and baby Harper Beckham. It is shamefully addictive and fuels my love for the Duchess of Cambridge aka Kate Middleton.

Click on the Daily Mail's website at any given time and it is full of pictures of her - cheering on Olympians at the Velodrome, walking her dog in Kensington Gardens and, most recently, on her Royal Visit to Singapore.

I knew I couldn't pass up this opportunity to sneak a peek of her (mainly to see what she was wearing and to see if she actually was that skinny in real life) so bright and early, we headed down to Gardens by the Bay, along with a few thousand other fans. 

The Gardens by the Bay is a fascinating concept - it's a park built on reclaimed land right next to Marina Bay, created to turn Singapore into a "city in a garden".  Recently opened, it consists of 3 gardens and conservatories which you can walk in, with further plans for shops, galleries and restaurants to open in the future. 

The giant Avatar-esque structures that you can see above are known as Supertrees. They range from 25-50 ft in height and are used to mimic the key functions of real trees - they collect solar energy and rainfall to use as irrigation. There is also an incredible walkway with a restaurant planned at the top of the tallest.

As expected, the Duchess looked absolutely stunning and not as crazy-skinny as people claim (well, as the Daily Mail claims).  Judging by the thousands that turned out, the amount of photographers and the screams/cheers that went up, the younger Royals are pretty popular over here. It brought a little bit of the UK into Singapore and I'm glad that I was a part of it.

Nade x