Kate Middleton and Camilla, two queens at Buckingham Palace. The photos and the character differences

Kate Middleton and the Queen Camilla, they were the most observed during the state dinner organized in Buckingham Palace on the occasion of the official visit to London of the President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and wife Kim Keon Hee. Welcomed in the early afternoon of Tuesday 21 November by the sovereigns and princes of Wales, the couple was then honored with a banquet at the Palace, the first since Charles III was crowned.

It is they who capture most of the attention, the queen and the one who will take her place. The first in red, with on her head (en pendant) one of the most precious tiaras of the royal vault, the famous Burmese Ruby tiara, the second in white with a jewel that hadn’t been seen for a while, the Strathmore Rose Tiara, which belonged to the Queen Mary.

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Two undisputed protagonists, both first ladies, than at public events like this they never see each other close together. A detail that has not gone unnoticed by royal watchers who often wonder what kind of relationship there really is between the two. “Two very different women,” she assured theExpress the body language expert Judi James, certain that there will never be a very strong bond between them. “There seems to be six natural degrees of separation between them, which they often communicate around William or other royals.” There is also a difference in role. “Kate is at her most confident and her quiet but firm sense of power positions her as a natural matriarch in The Firm». For Camilla, however, it would be the opposite. “His confidence levels decline rather than strengthen under the spotlight or pressure.”

Queen Camilla with the South Korean First Lady ©Getty Images.

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The public distance between Kate and Camilla, however, is above all apparent. Etiquette requires them to be distant from each other, whether they are sitting at a table or next to the guest on duty. The evil ones would like them to be in contrast for reasons of visibility: Middleton’s is certainly more impactful than Camilla’s. It is true, however, that both they had to build their own royal image. Of course, the Princess of Wales was favored by her young age, by her romantic history with William and by her young family, Camilla had to work hard to shake off the bad reputation of an “evil woman”, as Queen Elizabeth once defined her.

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To be (or appear) disagree, in conclusion, It wouldn’t do either of them any good at a time like this, when the institution must necessarily show itself united if it wants to survive the changes. And they know it very well.

Source: Vanity Fair

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