--- description: "Congratulations on the bump," One Direction singer Harry Styles told the Duchess of Cambridge when they met at the Royal Variety Show. title: Kate Middleton Met One Direction image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1e4c120daadadd8/698768c8cd6848c47b097fdf/458923698.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # One Direction Met Kate Middleton and Harry Styles Congratulated Her on Her Bump by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2014 7:46 AM CUT  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge meets boy band One Direction at The Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on November 13, 2014 in London, England. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge meets boy band One Direction at The Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium on November 13, 2014 in London, England.Yui Mok—WPA Pool/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 14, 2014 7:46 AM CUT Harry Styles said Kate Middleton “[didn’t look bumpy](http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/harry-styles-congratulates-kate-middleton-4625323 "undefined"),” when he met her and congratulated her on her pregnancy on Thursday. The Duchess of Cambridge and her husband Prince William met the One Direction singer and his fellow band members at the Palladium in London, where the royal couple had come to attend the Royal Variety Show. “I said ‘Congratulations on the bump’,” Styles told _The Mirror_. Middleton, who is expecting her second child, was greeted at the entrance by the boy band, which also comprises Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan. “It’s the most nervous I think I’ve ever been in my life,” Payne said about meeting the royal couple. \[[_Mirror_](http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/harry-styles-congratulates-kate-middleton-4625323 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3584979/one-direction-met-kate-middleton-harry-styles-bump-royal-variety-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3584979/one-direction-met-kate-middleton-harry-styles-bump-royal-variety-show/"},"headline":"One Direction Met Kate Middleton and Harry Styles Congratulated Her on Her Bump","datePublished":"2014-11-14T07:46:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:26:19.223Z","description":"The Duchess of Cambridge was attending the Royal Variety Show with Prince William","url":"https://time.com/3584979/one-direction-met-kate-middleton-harry-styles-bump-royal-variety-show/","keywords":["celebrities","Pregnancy","kate middleton","Prince William","One Direction","Harry Styles","Zayn Malik","duchess of cambridge"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1e4c120daadadd8/698768c8cd6848c47b097fdf/458923698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb1e4c120daadadd8/698768c8cd6848c47b097fdf/458923698.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Attend The Royal Variety Performance","caption":"The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Attend The Royal Variety Performance","creditText":"Yui Mok—WPA Pool/Getty Images","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3584979/one-direction-met-kate-middleton-harry-styles-bump-royal-variety-show/","name":"One Direction Met Kate Middleton and Harry Styles Congratulated Her on Her Bump"}}]}] ```