--- title: Kate Toast Middleton, William St. Patrick's Day Beer description: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge got into the holiday's spirit with pints of Guinness while performing their royal duties at a parade. canonical: https://time.com/4705401/kate-will-guinness-st-patricks-day/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-17T18:17:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:29.497Z og:title: See Joyful Will and Kate Toast St. Patrick's Day With Beer og:description: The Duke and Duchess enjoyed a side of Guinness with their royal duties. og:url: https://time.com/4705401/kate-will-guinness-st-patricks-day/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75effd28a7ff6c2/6988bed9196cf43d8e03f466/princess-kate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: princess-kate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See Joyful Will and Kate Toast St. Patrick's Day With Beer twitter:description: The Duke and Duchess enjoyed a side of Guinness with their royal duties. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75effd28a7ff6c2/6988bed9196cf43d8e03f466/princess-kate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Photo of Kate Middleton Raising a Pint With the Irish for St. Patrick's Day Is Very Relatable  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 17, 2017 6:17 PM UTC  Duchess of Cambridge drinks a pint of Guinness during a meet and greet with soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in their canteen following their St. Patrick's Day parade at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, on March 17, 2017. Duchess of Cambridge drinks a pint of Guinness during a meet and greet with soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in their canteen following their St. Patrick's Day parade at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, on March 17, 2017.PA Images/SIPA USA  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 17, 2017 6:17 PM UTC St. Patrick’s Day is the time to break out a green sweater, pin a shamrock brooch to your chest, and sip a pint of Guinness. But for the Duke and [Duchess of Cambridge](http://motto.time.com/4625718/kate-middleton-35-birthday-best-outfits/?iid=sr-link2), it’s an occasion to go above and beyond with [green fashion](http://time.com/4699771/green-irish-st-patricks-day-color/?iid=sr-link2)—and, yes, beer consumption. On Friday, the royal representatives met with soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in west London after their parade; Will is the [honorary colonel](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/842695965974958082) of the troupe. Will and Kate showed off their on-point attire and a penchant for festooning themselves with holiday-appropriate greenery during the festivities, as is traditional. They even got their fill of [Guinness](http://time.com/4699599/airbnb-dublin-guinness/?iid=sr-link1), the famously rich and dark Irish brew.  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stand with pints of Guinness in their hands as they meet with soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in their canteen following their St. Patrick's Day parade at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow on March 17, 2017. PA Images/SIPA USA Another all-important attendee of the festivities: Domnhall, the giant Irish wolfhound who serves as a mascot for the battalion. Kate [distributed shamrocks](http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/kate-middleton-enjoys-pint-of-guinness-to-celebrate-st-patricks-day-35541181.html) to officers during the parade, too, although it’s hard to imagine them stacking up to the verdant decoration she pinned to her own coat. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/842689617191231489) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4705401/kate-will-guinness-st-patricks-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4705401/kate-will-guinness-st-patricks-day/"},"headline":"This Photo of Kate Middleton Raising a Pint With the Irish for St. Patrick's Day Is Very Relatable","datePublished":"2017-03-17T18:17:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:29.497Z","description":"The Duke and Duchess enjoyed a side of Guinness with their royal duties.","url":"https://time.com/4705401/kate-will-guinness-st-patricks-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75effd28a7ff6c2/6988bed9196cf43d8e03f466/princess-kate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte75effd28a7ff6c2/6988bed9196cf43d8e03f466/princess-kate.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"princess-kate","caption":"Duchess of Cambridge drinks a pint of Guinness during a meet and greet with soldiers of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards in their canteen following their St. Patrick's Day parade at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, on March 17, 2017.","creditText":"PA Images/SIPA USA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4705401/kate-will-guinness-st-patricks-day/","name":"This Photo of Kate Middleton Raising a Pint With the Irish for St. Patrick's Day Is Very Relatable"}}]}] ```