--- title: Kate Middleton Will Pay a Visit to 'Downton Abbey' description: She is known to be a fan of the show canonical: https://time.com/3733497/kate-middleton-downton-abbey/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-05T15:45:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:13.362Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kate Middleton Will Pay a Visit to 'Downton Abbey' og:description: Well, kind of og:url: https://time.com/3733497/kate-middleton-downton-abbey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt789ee971f54b72eb/6987823e55a8599b6ba8627a/463842778-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits the Emma Bridgewater Factory in Stoke on Trent, England on Feb. 18, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kate Middleton Will Pay a Visit to 'Downton Abbey' twitter:description: Well, kind of twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt789ee971f54b72eb/6987823e55a8599b6ba8627a/463842778-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kate Middleton Will Pay a Visit to _Downton Abbey_ > Sponsored content. 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But next week it will host a most esteemed visitor for real. [Princess Kate](http://www.people.com/people/kate%5Fmiddleton) will check out the servants’ quarters on March 12 as she pays a visit to the set of the popular series – not Highclere Castle in Hampshire, where the gorgeous exteriors are shot, but at Ealing Studios in west London. Kate, 33, will watch one take of a scene being shot in the servants’ area, and a second take of the scene as the producers might watch it – via monitors in the “video village.” Palace sources can’t say yet which actors will be taking part in the scene that Kate, who is around eight months pregnant, will see. But stars including [Dame Maggie Smith](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:MaggieSmith,00.html) (Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham), [Hugh Bonneville](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:HughBonneville,00.html) (Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham) and [Elizabeth McGovern](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:ElizabethMcGovern,00.html) (Cora, Countess of Grantham) are currently filming the show’s sixth season. Known to be a fan of the show, Kate, who [stepped out Monday in London](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20905064,00.html), will be met by creator [Julian Fellowes](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JulianFellowes,00.html) and shown around the studio. She’ll see workshops and meet everyone from costume makers to markup artists. Later, she will join a reception, where she’ll also chat with cast members, writers and producers. After suffering [severe pregnancy sickness](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20851237,00.html) during her first trimester, Kate is enjoying a much healthier springtime third trimester and is set to work well into March. Her visit to _Downton_ is a part of an action-packed week that will see Kate head to an art gallery in Margate, Kent, and join [husband William](http://www.people.com/people/prince%5Fwilliam), 32, and senior royals including [Queen Elizabeth](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:QueenElizabethII%5F1,00.html) at services to commemorate the Commonwealth and mark the sacrifices made during the Afghanistan campaign. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20395222%5F20905851,00.html) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ _Read next:_ [_Princess Kate Leaves a 2-Year-Old Speechless_](http://time.com/3673571/kate-middleton-speechless-toddler/?xid=time%5Freadnext) ### See Kate Middleton's Best Pregnancy Looks  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge welcomes the President of Singapore Tony Tan Keng Yam at the Royal Garden Hotel on Oct. 21, 2014 in London. Chris Jackson—Getty Images  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits Hope House, an Action on Addiction women's treatment centre on February 19, 2013 in London. Neil Mockford—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits the Donald Dewar Leisure Centre in Drumchapel to launch a new Scottish project for their Foundation in Glasgow on April 4, 2013. Rpe-Albert Nieboer—Picture-Alliance/dpa/AP  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge during the National Review of Queen's Scouts at Windsor Castle in Berkshire on April 21, 2013. Olivia Harris—AFP/Getty Images  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arriving for a visit the National Portrait Gallery in London to celebrate the work of The Art Room charity on April 24, 2013. John Stillwell—AP  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives for her visit to Warner Bros studios in Leavesden, Herts where the popular Harry Potter movies were produced on April 26, 2013. Chris Jackson—AP  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge during her visit to Naomi House Children's Hospice in Winchester, Hampshire, England during Children's Hospice Week on April 29, 2013. Steve Parsons—AP  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends a Garden Party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, hosted by Queen Elizabeth II on June 30, 2013 in London. John Stillwell—AP  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge stands on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony on June 15, 2013 in London, England. Max Mumby—Indigo/Getty Images  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends the Princess Cruises ship naming ceremony at Ocean Terminal on June 13, 2013 in Southampton, England. 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