An expert has pinpointed the sad moment that Princess Kate seemingly decided ‘self-preservation mode’ was the way to go amid the Waleses’ ongoing feud with Prince Harry and Meghan
Prince Harry may finally be making progress in healing his relationship with his dad King Charles, but the same can’t be said when it comes to his estranged brother Prince William or sister-in-law, Princess Kate.
Since stepping back as working royals, Harry and Meghan have been extremely candid about their grievances towards the rest of the Royal Family, but according to Harry’s memoir Spare, relations started breaking down between the Sussexes and Waleses long before the couple took the plunge and moved to California.
The duke was once much closer to Kate and William, but as it stands, it doesn’t seem like making up is in the cards. The couples have only crossed paths on a couple of occasions since the Sussexes’ bombshell royal exit.
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And now body language expert Judi James has pinpointed one particular moment in these few occasions when it seemed like Kate quickly chose to go into “self-preservation mode” rather than engage with the ongoing feud.
It occurred shortly after the late Queen’s death, when Harry, William, Kate, and Meghan all went to meet well-wishers in Windsor, and view tributes left to the late monarch.
Formerly dubbed the ‘Fab Four’, the two couples arrived in the same car, but Kate quickly walked by herself, rather than engaging in a group dynamic, the expert pointed out to the Daily Mail.
It was the first time the two couples had reunited so publicly since relations had broken down, and given the loss of the beloved Queen, it was a high-profile moment, so it was “no surprise” Kate decided to do what worked for her, the expert said.
“Kate appeared to use spatial behaviour 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.”
Judi continued, “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.”
Royal author Omid Scobie also explored the moment in his book Endgame, in which he revealed that Meghan had been, according to sources, “extremely nervous” about interacting with the public, and that during the drive to the walkabout, the two couples had barely spoken in the car, simply “muddled through light small talk” given the ongoing tension between them.
Meanwhile, sources close to Kate told royal author Robert Jobson that due to the soured relationship between the Waleses and the Sussexes, the future Queen found the walkabout, “one of the hardest things she ever had to do”.
