Duchess of Cambridge begins solo work with Lucian Freud The Duchess 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," at the National Portrait Gallery next month. The Gallery's planned exhibitions, such as on Lucian Freud, are important moments for the organisation and for its Patron. While the Duke is away, she is fully intending to use those six weeks to do nothing but work and will be using that time to visit her patronages, both publicly and privately, and undertake a number of engagements in support of the Royal Family. The Duke's imminent deployment to the Falklands has been described as "a provocative act" by Argentina, which disputes the Islands" sovereignty. Despite heightened diplomatic tensions between Britain and Argentina, royal aides insisted that the Duke will undertake his deployment next month. They said: "There has been no suggestion whatsoever that he shouldn't go and it is absolutely not something he has considered."