Kate Middleton, who took part in a joint appearance with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for Queen Elizabeth II‘s funeral, managed to remain calm while next to the couple, who left the royal family in 2020.
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Body language expert Judi James shared that Kate Middleton appeared to be in “self-preservation mode.”
“Kate appeared to use spatial behavior and distancing to make her own point about group dynamics and a lack of desire to turn an homage to a dearly-loved Queen into a soap-style drama,” James told Daily Mail.
“Her body language suggested a very focused future Queen wanting to pay her respects to a late Queen with the kind of decisive firmness and resolve that Elizabeth II was famous for,” Judi James continued.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been vocal about their time with the royal family, even alleging to Oprah Winfrey that someone in the royal family made comments about their son Archie‘s skin color.
In his book Endgame, royal author Omid Scobie discussed the tense moment, with a sourcetelling him the Duchess of Sussex was “extremely nervous” about the walkabout. The insider later shared that the Sussexes “muddled through light small talk” with Kate Middleton and Prince William due to the ongoing tension between them.
Royal biographer Robert Jobson said that due to Kate Middleton’s strained relationship with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, it was “one of the hardest things” the princess “ever had to do.”