Kate Middleton is ‘like the Queen’ due to her ‘elegance and poise’, royal expert claims 

A royal expert has claimed that Kate Middleton is more similar to the Queen than Princess Diana, due to her introvert nature and love of the outdoors. 

Speaking about the Duchess of Cambridge, 38, to Yahoo News, royal author Victoria Murphy said that she was ‘still more of a team player than leader’, but had grown in confidence since joining the Royal Family almost a decade ago. 

The commentator noted Kate’s ‘quiet self-assurance’ and ‘ability to compartmentalise’, and predicted that those qualities would ‘suit her future role’ as Queen. 

Royal author Angela Levin also observed that the Duchess has become more ‘relaxed’ since her start with the royal family, and believes that becoming a mother helped her confidence grow.

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Victoria Murphy told Yahoo UK: ‘There is no doubt that Kate has hugely grown in confidence since joining the Royal Family.

‘I think she still remains more of a team player than a leader though and perhaps more of a listener than a talker, but I think these qualities are well-suited to her current and future roles.’

‘I’ve always thought that Kate has more in common personality-wise with the Queen; not an extrovert but quietly self-assured with a love of the outdoors and the ability to compartmentalise.’

Royal author Angela Levin added: ‘Now she knows the ropes she is more relaxed. I also think that being a mother has made a huge difference to how she faces life as a royal.’

The commentator noted Kate’s ‘quiet self-assurance’ and ‘ability to compartmentalise’, and predicted that those qualities would ‘suit her future role’ as Queen (seen at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in March)

Expert claimed that Kate Middleton is more similar to the Queen than Princess Diana, due to her introvert nature and love of the outdoors (seen buying plants for the East Anglia Children’s Hospice in Norfolk this month)

Last month, royal author Tom Quinn claimed The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are being ‘watched closely’ by senior royals including the Queen and Prince Philip. 

Speaking in Channel 5’s William & Kate: Too Good to Be True?, the expert said the Queen, 94, and Prince Philip, who just celebrated his 99th birthday, were monitoring second-in-line to the throne Prince William, 37, and Queen-in-waiting Kate Middleton, 38.

Explaining that The Firm was anxious the Cambridges wouldn’t ‘repeat mistakes made by other young royals’, Tom said they ‘didn’t want that to happen again’.  

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are being ‘watched closely’ by senior royals including the Queen and Prince Philip, royal author Tom Quinn has claimed (Kate Middleton and Prince William pictured attending a reception in Dublin on March 3 2020)

Speaking on the programme, Tom said: ‘The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, will be watching very carefully, especially given that younger royals in the past have got things very badly wrong and they don’t want that to happen again’.

Her Majesty will turn 95 next year – the same age at which her husband Philip withdrew from his public duties – and there is talk among courtiers that she may use the milestone to effectively hand over day-to-day control of the monarchy to Charles.

Meanwhile Kate, mother of Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, has been stepping up and taking on more responsibilities to assist the Queen in her reign in recent years. 

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have kept a close eye on Kate’s progress, to make sure she strayed from royal faux-pas (pictured on June 1 at Windsor Castle)