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Kate and William attended Prince Philip’s funeral last weekend. They were one of the 30 major royals invited to the sad day.
The service, in St George’s Chapel, Windsor, saw William parade into the church with other members of the family, including Anne, Charles and his brother Harry.
His wife Kate sat in the pews, and he joined her later for the service.
The Duchess of Cambridge showed to be a great source of comfort to her husband.
Body language expert Judi James analysed the day and the couple together.
She told Express.co.uk Kate provided encouragement to her husband.
The Duchess appeared to be “in charge” of the choreography for the day.
Judi told Express.co.uk: “Kate appeared to be a quiet, elegant presence with no outward displays of emotion but her subtler signals suggested she was supplying support and even a firm encouragement to her husband.
“Sitting reflectively with her hands folded while William lowered his head in a sign of grief and sadness, Kate looked like a calm and composed presence at a time when he must have needed it most.
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“Kate’s confidence was visual from the moment she arrived but, while Sophie Wessex took charge of checking and monitoring the very emotional family members, Kate seemed to be in charge of the support and choreography of William.”
It appeared Kate has been chosen to help smooth over some of the more awkward social aspects of the day, the expert claimed.
Judi said: “Having spent some moments consoling Charles by placing an arm around his shoulders as she kissed his cheek, Kate showed signals of being the one chosen to take care of other business in The Firm by helping to set up William and Harry via some subtle but deft movements.”
Kate is thought to have helped set up the opportunity for brothers William and Harry to speak.
“When William looked round to check where Kate was, she hung back to ensure she was placed in exactly the right gap between the two brothers to bring one forward and make the other fall back a bit.
“Her head tilt suggested an easy integration for Harry in his traditional spot between his brother and his wife.
“Kate’s intervention made the whole procedure look natural rather than stilted and when she tactfully moved back to chat to Sophie the two brothers were left to walk together in a gesture that was the ideal ending to a day of mourning.”
Kate Middleton’s funeral style was compared to a Vogue model by the expert.
Judi said: “Kate looked stylish in a way that a Vogue model might envy, with every angle, from the tilted hat to the asymmetric neckline with its stand-up bow and the jaw-dropping pearls, complementing one another perfectly.
“But it was the tilt of Kate’s head that added the regal touch, echoing the type of head-tilt that the Queen Mother used to perform to signal a form of graciousness that had fallen out of fashion.”
Kate wore a stylish black ensemble to mark the sombre day as the family said goodbye to its patriarch Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
She wore a Catherine Walker coat dress over a £1,605 Roland Mouret dress.
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