Kate Middleton praised as ‘master of royal protocol’ for ‘stylish’ gesture in surfaced video of her first joint engagement with Princess Anne
The Princess of Wales has been declared master of royal protocol after a video of her being engaged to Princess Anne resurfaced.
The clip, from April 2022 when Kate and the Princess Royal visited the Royal College of Midwives, was reposted on TikTok.
As the footage showed the Princess of Wales walking Princess Anne ahead of her, fans have praised the mother-of-three for her deep understanding of royal protocol and for her “stylish” demeanor.
During the clip, both Princess Kate and Princess Royal step out of a car upon arrival at their destination in London.
Although Kate gets out of the car first, she stands still and allows Princess Anne, the aunt of Kate’s husband Prince William, to walk into the back of the car and take her place for them as they both walked into the Royal College of Midwives. headquarters.
A resurfaced clip of the Princess of Wales and Princess Anne has resurfaced, showing Princess Kate stepping aside to let her husband’s aunt walk ahead of her, per royal protocol
The video, posted on the social media platform by Francis Page Media, is of Princess Kate and Princess Anne’s first-ever joint engagement in April 2022, when they attended both the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
During the visit, Kate donned a £400 nude Self Portrait dress with a structured jacket and skirt, belted at the waist and styled to resemble a two-piece. Meanwhile, Princess Anne opted for a teal coat and matching scarf.
The Queen’s daughter chatted with maternity experts as she was shown a demonstration of a new Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance tool, which monitors the safety of babies during childbirth to alert medical staff to start labor if the baby’s head baby gets stuck in the mother’s pelvis.
The clip in question was from the joint visit of the Princess of Wales and the Princess Royal to maternity organizations in April 2022
“Sandwiched?” Anne asked laughing.
The princess – who is mum to Peter Phillips, 44, and Zara Tindall, 40 – then told the group how she feared that might happen to her during one of her pregnancies, adding: “I thought, that’s kind of interesting … came in the right direction after all.’
Professor Tim Draycott, vice president of RCOG and professor of obstetrics – who helped demonstrate the tool, later said: ‘She said she had tripped in a horse truck while she was heavily pregnant and thought that was what happened.’
The tool has been developed over the past five years by the Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth collaboration, which hopes to test it later this year and roll it out nationwide in 2023.
In the TikTok video of the event, reposted by Francis Page Media, the poster explained to viewers why Princess Kate stepped back and Princess Anne walked forward.
As the clip plays, the caption reads, “See how Kate happily leans back to let Princess Anne come through first?”
It’s because she knows she’s running behind other senior royals without her husband (Prince William).
“She’s a master of royal protocol.”
In response to the clip, royal fans praised Princess Kate’s attitude and the way she carries herself.
One royal fan said: “She’s just respectful and understands her role and responsibilities.”
Another commented: ‘Real respect and class all the way! Stylish lady.’
Others argued that the seamless movement between the two royals was a sign of “mutual respect” between the couple.