Kate Middleton Parties Without Prince William

Thursday November 29, 2007 02:00 PM EST

Kate Middleton

Fiona Hanson/PA Photos/AP

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It was champagne and spicy shrimp canapés with classic roast beef on mini Yorkshire puddings as Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton honored celebrity portrait photographer Alistair Morrison's book Time to Reflect inside London's trendy The Shop at Bluebird on Thursday.

Though William wasn't at the event, well-wishers did include Kate's sister Pippa Middleton, as well as some of the prince's pals: Guy Pelly and his stepsister Laura Lopes, the pregnant daughter of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. – Monique Jessen