Kate's Expressions During The Queen's Procession Say It All

[Music] it's hard not to show any emotion at all and some twitter users watching the procession of the queen's casket noticed some coming through on kate middleton's face here's what they saw the royal family's most senior women have been in the spotlight following the loss of their matriarch queen elizabeth ii princess anne elizabeth's only daughter has been making history and winning hearts with her public displays of affection for her mother not only did princess anne accompany queen elizabeth's casket as it traveled from balmoral castle to westminster abbey she was seen curtsying to her mother one final time while they were in scotland catherine princess of wales duchess of cornwall and cambridge has also been seen grieving queen elizabeth the two shared a longer closer relationship than many realized kate middleton met the queen in 2008 in 2019 the queen named kate a dame grand cross of the royal victoria order british heritage explains that's a rare award given to those who perform special services to the queen royal biographer hugo vickers explained this is the one order that actually the queen herself decides who she gives it to on september 14 2022 the princess of wales stood with prince william and other members of the royal family following the procession of queen elizabeth's casket into westminster abbey dressed in all black catherine was seen wearing a large gold brooch which hello magazine noted was a gift from queen elizabeth catherine's expressions were a focus of discussion for quite a few on twitter one royal watcher wrote catherine gulping back her emotion and seeing the gulp go down the muscles of her throat kills me another pointed out that it appeared the princess had been crying quite a bit one more tweeted she's trying so hard not to cry i know that look clearly emotional catherine and her husband the prince of wales did their best to remain stoic while honoring the late queen but it's possible catherine was reflecting on her close relationship with the monarch in 2019 an insider close to the royals gave their two cents about catherine's relationship with queen elizabeth sharing that the two would often spend time with one another and discuss the future of the monarchy the source said kate and the queen have always had a special bond but they developed a deeper friendship after she and prince william moved from anmer hall norfolk to kensington palace which is within walking distance of buckingham palace sometimes they'll casually catch up over afternoon tea but other times they'll have more formal meetings where the queen will give intense one-on-one training about taking on the crown while king charles iii and queen consort camilla are now the reigning couple of the united kingdom and the commonwealth countries it's william and catherine prince and princess of wales that represent the future of the monarchy charles as of the making of this video is already 73 years old and has a far lower approval rating than william and catherine queen elizabeth herself reportedly viewed william and catherine with great confidence and did what she could to nurture the couple's relationship royal biographer andrew morton told ok magazine the thing about kate is the queen was impressed she adored and loved william for himself not for his title she spends a lot more time supporting and nurturing the relationship between william and catherine than she did with charles and diana it's pretty clear she wasn't going to make that mistake again given the personal interest the queen paid to catherine and her legacy as a ruler it's no wonder the princess of wales is significantly grieving the family's loss

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Length: 3min 38sec (218 seconds)

Published: Thu Sep 15 2022