Duchess of Cambridge portrait to be displayed in Berkshire village of Pangbourne and at Reading Museum

One of three portraits, taken to celebrate the 40th birthday of the Duchess of Cambridge, is to be displayed in Berkshire at two locations of personal significance to her.

The photographs, taken by Paolo Roversi in November of last year, form part of the National Portrait Gallery's Coming Home project, a nationwide initiative which sees portraits of well-known individuals being sent to locations with which they are closely associated.

The locations that Roversi’s three portraits are displayed in were selected in consultation with the duchess herself, who has a special affinity to each.

The photograph that depicts the duchess seated, gazing to the left, will be displayed firstly at St James the Less Church, Pangbourne, from Tuesday, March 22 to Tuesday, April 5.

Catherine Middleton was born in Reading and grew up in Bucklebury. The Middleton family have been parishioners of St James the Less over several generations, which is why the church was chosen to display the portrait.

The portrait will next be displayed in the ground floor Welcome Gallery at Reading Museum because the duchess was born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.

It will be on display at the museum from Thursday, April 7 to Saturday, June 4, 10am to 5pm.

The portrait is part of a trio by Roversi and the other pictures will be displayed in St Andrews, where the duchess was a student and where she met Prince William, and in Anglesey, where the couple spent their early married life.