And with those elocution lessons, the Princess of Wales even sounds a bit like her former boss-polished, regal, and appropriately distant. Perhaps more than anything else, Kate has learned what is paramount for survival in the system: vanishing into your role, giving away nothing, and allowing yourself to embody what the public sees in you. This side of her most resembles Queen Elizabeth II, a woman after whom Kate has long modeled her approach to royal life-the late sovereign’s allegiance to theCrown and her commitment to the stability and continuity of the monarchy.
In our current age of oversharing, when most people snatch up the opportunity and platform to set the record straight, Catherine, the Princess of Wales-who reportedly never looks at social media or reads newspapers-seems content as a voiceless symbol of courtly resolve, a totem of stoicism in a time of emotional overdrive.
