Happy Easter:brilliant undertaking for the royals today as they joined the Queen for Easter mass at St George's Chapel in Windsor château

The ladies of the imperial family ventured out to join the Queen for Easter Day administration at St George's Chapel, Windsor, in a rainbow of spring hues - with a remarkable special case.

Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, her little girl Lady Louise, Princess Anne and her little girl in-law Autumn Phillips went to the yearly administration yet the Duchess of Cambridge was no place to be seen.

As Prince William spends the Bank Holiday weekend in Kenya, it is suspected that Kate will convey Prince George and Princess Charlotte to observe Easter with her guardians in Bucklebury, Berkshire.