By Katherine Tinsley
3:10pm PDT, Oct 13, 2025
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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.
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"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.
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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 source
telling 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.
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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."
