Kate Middleton compared to late mother-in-law Diana after solo Italy trip: ‘Back in the day…’

Kate Middleton, the daughter-in-law of the late Princess Diana has just seen an increased wave of comparisons now that her solo trip to Italy has turned ‘Di-mania’ into something new.

Body language expert Jennie Bond was the expert in question that broke all this down recently.

Ms Bond started the comparison of Kate’s visit to Reggio Emilia, her first since being diagnosed with cancer, to that of her late mother-in-law, the people’s princess.

To the expert this trip has completely changed things because “the extraordinary glamour and youthful star quality that the Princess brings to any event has been somewhat missing during her absence.”

“The PR team will not, of course, be putting any pressure on Catherine,” she noted in her chat with The Mirror. “but they must be hoping that the success of this trip to Italy is a precursor to more overseas tours, flying the flag for Britain and the British monarchy.”

The expert didn’t end there, instead to explain the extent of her thoughts she admitted, “I think it’s only when you see the stars of our royal family on tour that you realise the extraordinary pulling power of the British monarchy. There are 10 European monarchies in all, and yet it’s our Monarch and our heirs to the throne who consistently draw the biggest crowds wherever they go.”

Ms Bond even shared some of her own thoughts and experiences regarding this and admitted, “seeing the throngs who turned out to cheer Catherine in Italy gave me a sense of déjà vu from all the years I spent travelling with her late mother-in-law Diana, Princess of Wales.”

During those times some had “queued for hours” just to get a “glimpse” of Catherine she recalled. “They screamed in excitement when they saw her, and teachers at a school she visited cried when she left. It was the sort of near mass hysteria I witnessed pretty much wherever Diana went.” The expert also added, “I saw it in the States, in France, Japan, India, Nepal, and Australia. Back then they called it Di-mania. This has already been dubbed Kate fever.”

“It’s hard to imagine other European royals such as Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden — who’s just a few years older than Catherine and very popular in her home country – being given the rockstar treatment on a visit to the UK. But everyone, it seems, wants to meet our Catherine, and, indeed, William, Charles, and Camilla,” she concluded by saying.