Princess Kate’s subtle gesture speaks volumes about her cancer recovery
A body language expert has analysed the subtle signs made by Kate, Princess of Wales, during the traditional Royal Family walkabout to church on Christmas Day.
Kate, alongside her husband the Prince of Wales and their children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, six, joined the King and Queen as they walked the short distance from Sandringham House to St Mary Magdalene Church, past a crowd of well-wishers.
According to body language expert Judi James, it was one gesture made by the senior royal as the family walked to church that showed Kate’s true feelings about her return for Christmas after her cancer battle.
She told the Mirror: “Kate’s small beret hat allowed a full view of her face, which in turn showed off that authentic, congruent, dimpled smile rather than her perfect royal version.
“Her energetic pace of walk as she clutched Louis’s hand in her own, and the way her eye-gaze went from the adoring fans (she walked crowd-side to allow proximity) to her left and down the line of Louis, Charlotte, William and George, when her beam of pride was obvious.
And Judi added that now when the Wales family head out for events together, they function as an “almost seamless royal team”.
She added: “George is still mirroring his dad but also increasingly taking the lead without looking to William for approval signals, suggesting he is acting on his own initiative.
“The shyness signals have gone, and he now has a tendency to walk ahead when it comes to meeting and greeting.
Prince William walked hand in hand with Princess Charlotte while Kate, who wore a green Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen coat and hat, smiled at the crowds.
Also in the walking party was the Princess Royal and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.
Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi attended the service after she changed her travel plans due to medical advice during her pregnancy.
Absent was Beatrice’s father, the Duke of York, who has been dogged by links to an alleged Chinese spy.
Andrew, 64, had joined the family at church for the last two years but is thought to have spent Christmas Day with his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York, this year at Royal Lodge, the home they share in Windsor Great Park, Berkshire.
The first people in a queue of well-wishers waiting to see members of the royal family walk to church on Christmas Day arrived on Tuesday and camped out overnight.
