Into the blue! Kate Middleton dazzles in $4000-plus dress at Glasgow climate summit

Kate Middleton has turned heads at the Glasgow climate summit wearing a striking coat dress, as Prince Charles stumbled en route to address the crowd.

Kate Middleton has turned heads at the Glasgow climate summit wearing a striking coat dress as she attended with husband Prince William.

Wearing the cobalt outfit – a hue often sported by the late Princess Diana – the Duchess of Cambridge rubbed shoulders with fellow royals and world leaders at the COP26.

Kate, 39, sported the ankle-skimming £2400 ($A4,357) dress with power shoulders from London-based label Eponine’s spring/summer 2020 collection.

She teamed the dress – from a range that was released about 18 months ago – with a pair of £425 ($A771) pumps that she’s worn about a dozen times before heels from British designer Rupert Sanderson, per the Daily Mail.

Kate Middleton attended the Sustainable Markets Initiative at the Clydeside Distillery in Glasgow. Picture: Getty Images

She wore a $4000-plus cobalt coat dress. Picture: AFP

The climate change conference was meant to take place in 2020 but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Picture: Getty Images

In a candid moment, Kate jokingly offered husband Prince William a tub of dead insects, used to feed livestock.

“Fantastic to finally meet the @EarthshotPrize Finalists in person at @COP26UK,” Wills and Kate wrote in an Instagram post about the summit.

“This week at COP we will showcase their incredible innovations to repair our planet.

“The #EarthshotPrize finalists will also meet members of the Prize’s Global Alliance, some of the world’s largest corporations, philanthropists, and not for profits – who will provide unparalleled support to the Prize Finalists to help scale their solutions. #COP26.”

Also in attendance were Prince Charles, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other world leaders including US President Joe Biden and Australia’s PM Scott Morrison.

Kate offered Prince William a tub of dead larvae, used as livestock feed, in Glasgow. Picture: Getty Images

A candid moment between the royals. Picture: AFP

The royals spoke with guests at a reception for the key members of the Sustainable Markets Initiative and the Winners and Finalists of the first Earthshot Prize Awards at the Clydeside Distillery. Picture: Getty Images

PRINCE CHARLES STUMBLES

There was a slightly awkward moment when Prince Charles appeared to trip on his way to the podium.

Prince Charles, who stumbled as he walked on stage at COP26, said climate change posed “an even greater existential threat” than the Covid pandemic.

“Time has quite literally run out,” he said.

Prince Charles stumbles before getting to the COP26 stage. Picture: YouTube

“We know what we must do … We have to reduce emissions urgently and take action to tackle the carbon already in the atmosphere.”

Prince Charles said trillions of dollars were required to realise the solutions, and that governments needed to co-ordinate with the private sector to make that happen.

“The scale and scope of the threat we face call for a global systems-level solution based on radically transforming our fossil fuel-based economy to one that is genuinely renewable and sustainable,” he said.

“The private sector is ready to play its part and to work with governments to find a way forward.”

– With Tom Minear