Kate Middleton steps out in dazzling £1,000 Preen dress (photos)

Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton wore a £1,000 Thornton Bregazzi red dress as she attended a reception for political and civic leaders in British Columbia alongside her husband, the Duke of Cambridge on Monday night.

She looked all shades of beautiful as she and Prince William later mingled with 200 guests in the ballroom of the grand house. More photos after the cut.