Kate Middleton to launch photographic book illustrating pandemic

Kate Middleton has said a book of 100 photographs illustrating the past year of the pandemic will serve as a “lasting record of what we were all experiencing”.

The book will feature images of key workers and people isolated from family and friends, as well as moments of joy.

The book will be available from bookshops and online from May 7, with proceeds going to mental health and arts projects around the UK.

The Hold Still initiative was launched by the Duchess of Cambridge and a gallery last year. It invited people of all ages from across the UK to submit a portrait they had taken during the first lockdown.