INTEREST in a dress worn by the Duchess of Cambridge made from fabric provided by a Pudsey company, caused a website to crash yesterday.

The Duchess, due to give birth to a brother or sister for Prince George in April, attended a royal engagement at a school yesterday in the £450 Naomi maternity dress, designed by Madderson London from fabric from the Hainsworth factory.

Marketing manager for Hainsworth Julie Greenough said: “We’re delighted that Madderson has used our navy doeskin fabric to make Kate’s beautiful maternity dress.”

The Pudsey-based mill has been producing woollen textiles since 1783 and supplied