is that on March 5 observers noticed that the UK Ministry of Defense had claimed on its website that Kate Middleton would be attending the Trooping the Colour ceremony on June 8. Then, on the same day, it quickly and quietly scrubbed the claim after Kensington Palace announced that the princess's attendance had not actually been confirmed, per .This content can also be viewed on the site it from.What this tells us is that the Ministry of Defense, at some point, had good reason to believe that Kate would be at the ceremony. And it tells us that Kensington doesn't yet know for sure whether she'll be at the event or not.