Kate Middleton compared to mother-in-law Princess Diana
Kate Middleton compared to her late mother-in-law Princess Diana
Kate Middleton has just been handed a series of comparisons in all field of public handling.
Author Edward White recently penned a book titled Dianaworld: An Obsession, and it noted the similarities and differences between Kate Middleton and her late mother-in-law.
And she even discussed it with Fox News Digital and discussed what she called the “Diana Effect” when she said, “Kate Middleton is much more reminiscent of the older generation of royal figures in the way that she comports herself.”
Because “she was almost 30 when she married William, and that was deliberate from both sides.”
So “the big lesson that she probably learned from Diana’s life is don’t rush into becoming a royal.”
On the flip side, Ms White feels, “Diana’s life is more reminiscent to me of a pop star’s life. She didn’t know what she was getting herself into. She was so young and very, very sheltered when she entered the royal family.”
She also recounted someone once saying to the Princess, “‘If you don’t know who you are before you’re famous, then fame is the thing that you become. It is the thing that will define who you are.’ I think that’s what happened to Diana, at least for many years.”
In the eyes of Ms White another big difference was that “Diana dealt with the press scrutiny in the way that she felt that she could, and in the way that she felt she had to.”
“I don’t think anybody was advising her to behave the way that she did with them. It’s an invidious position to be in.”
But “Kate Middleton handles the press scrutiny really well, but she… had to switch herself off and only focus on duty.” Because in her own words, “The best way of dealing with the scrutiny is by giving [the press] nothing.”
“By stepping through the hoops of shaking hands, cutting ribbons and smiling, being dutiful and not being too big for your boots. Those are all the things that the monarchy is built on,” she also added before concluding this comparison.
