Prince William and Kate Middleton are the next pretenders to the throne behind William’s father, King Charles III and his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles. Charles and Camilla stepped into the roles of King and Queen following the death of Queen Elizabeth, and her funeral marked the second time Prince Harry and Meghan Markle visited the UK in 2022 (the first was for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration).
The body language expressed by William and Kate against Harry and Meghan was quite different, and while both couples were sad, there were some interesting observations about how each interacted (or didn’t) with their spouse.
Body language expert says Prince William and Kate Middleton were ‘very distressed’
The days of mourning leading up to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral were filled with dark moments, including the Queen’s beheading ceremony, which took place days before her official funeral. During the ceremony, photos of William and Kate clearly show their distressed nature due to the situation == perhaps also the realization that their future as king and queen was very close.
“It’s obvious that Prince William and Princess Kate are feeling very distressed,” body language expert Katia Loisel told Australian news agency 7News when analyzing footage from the event. “Their heads bowed slightly, the use of protective arm barriers, the furrowed brows, the tension in the neck and mouth and tightly compressed lips indicating [sic] a couple who try to hold everything back.
Kate and William obviously didn’t hold hands while walking to or from the ceremony, which isn’t all that unusual for them, but it was a difference between the body language shared by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle seemed more comfortable together
While Harry and Meghan were certainly mourning the loss of Harry’s grandmother, the couple’s body language was a little softer than that of William and Kate. The two held hands as they walked to and from the ceremony, which broke the formal feeling of the event and strayed from protocol – something Harry and Meghan were known to do when it came to PDA.
“Prince Harry and Meghan use both contact tie signs, such as holding hands, and non-contact tie signs, such as postural echo, their bodies facing inward toward each other. each other and a mutual gaze in a mutual show of support and reassurance,” Loisel said of Harry and Meghan’s silent language during the status ceremony. She noted that there was a substantial contrast between the two couples in how they handled the situation, but it doesn’t seem like one couple is doing better or worse than the other.
Harry and Meghan have always differed from William and Kate in the way they present themselves in public. The Sussexes have never been shy about showing their affection in public, and it even led to William and Kate showing each other a bit more affection at their royal engagements, once the royal family acknowledged that the public appreciated the Harry and Meghan’s affection for each other. . The two couples have not been on good terms since Harry and Meghan left the Royal Family in 2020.