Royal commission: Duchess of Cambridge hopes to stage her own photography exhibition She would like to continue to develop her work privately before being subjected to that kind of public scrutiny but an exhibition in the next few years is an idea she would be keen on. The Duchess's charities could stand to receive thousands of pounds should she decide to raise funds by selling copies of her photographs. The Duchess is understood to keep her growing portfolio of photographs in the homes she shares with the Duke of Cambridge in Anglesey and at Kensington Palace. The couple are due to move from their small cottage at the Palace into the larger quarters of Princess Margaret's old apartments next year. Following an extensive renovation project, the Palace has several new exhibition spaces which could provide the perfect showcase for the Duchess" works in a future exhibition. The Duchess has a long-held interest in photography, and wrote her university dissertation on the photography of the Alice in Wonderland author, Lewis Carroll. During the Duke and Duchess" tour of Canada and California last year, the Duchess was often seen with her camera, taking personal photographs of their trip. Last month, she took up patronage of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), which has a celebrated collection of photography. In 2007, she curated an exhibition of celebrity portraits by the photographer Alistair Morrison at a London gallery, and has since pursued photography professionally and as a hobby. Morrison, who has many of his portraits on display in the NPG and has worked with the Duchess on her photography, said of her work: "She is very, very good, and it shows. Before marrying Prince William last year, the Duchess also worked for her parents" mail order partyware business, Party Pieces, where her roles included catalogue design and photography. The Prince of Wales is also understood to be encouraging his daughter-in-law to pursue her photography and ambitions to stage an exhibition. Prince Charles, an accomplished watercolourist, has exhibited his work in the past and continues to donate lithographs of his paintings to his charities for fund-raising events. Both the Prince and the Duchess share a mutual interest in the arts, and have made several visits together to the opera and ballet in recent months. They will also undertake their first official engagement together in the coming weeks, for the Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts, which encourages disadvantaged children to participate in the arts. A royal aide said: "They enjoy spending time together and the Prince is particularly pleased to have found a kindred spirit in the arts, because Princes William and Harry have other passions. The Duchess and Prince Charles were both keen to find an opportunity to do something together and will carry out their first joint engagement in the near future. On Wednesday, the Duchess will visit a major exhibition of works by Lucian Freud at the NPG - her first official solo engagement. She will tour an exhibition of Freud's portrait paintings of his lovers, friends and family, referred to by the late artist as "the people in my life." Royal sources have said the Duchess will "do nothing but work" over the coming weeks while her husband is in the Falklands. Last week, she met recovering drug addicts and alcoholics during a private visit to the Wiltshire headquarters of Action on Addiction, one of the four charities of which she is patron. She is also expected to visit her other two charities, East Anglia's Children's Hospices and The Art Room, which works to boost children's confidence through engagement with art.