Over the last few months, there have been constant rumours of a feud between the Royal Fab Four.
First, it was that Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton had fallen out. Then, the rift was said to have actually been between Prince Harry and Prince William.
Then, over the holiday fans, royal fans became convinced there was tension between Prince William and Meghan after a clip from Christmas Day in Norfolk.
The footage shows the four greeting well-wishers outside the church where they chatted with people and received flowers from fans.
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At one point, Prince William is spotted fixing his scarf, concentrating deeply on the task in hand while the mum-to-be turns back to look at him and looks as though she is about to say something.
However, he doesn’t appear to hear her – or, as some fans claimed, he ‘snubbed’ her – and Meghan’s face appears to fall slightly as she turned back.
Body language expert Judi James said that it may not, in fact, have been a royal snub – and pointed out there could be a lot more to the story.
She told Express:
“This sense of distancing could be caused by tensions but it could also primarily be prompted by William’s aversion to royal ‘soap operas’.
“After the tragic dramas of his parent’s marriage William has always appeared keen to avoid any public emotional displays that might draw too much ongoing attention from the press and it could easily be this, rather than Meghan herself, That he’s keen to avoid.”
And, as she points out, Meghan mightn’t have even been turning towards Prince William in the first place.
Judi continued:
“The ‘moment’ between William and Meghan did depend on their proximity and her eye gaze.
“On the surface it looked as though she turned around to smile at William while he kept himself busy tucking his scarf into his coat and her face did appear to have dropped as she turned back.
“But she could have been smiling at Kate rather than William, meaning he might genuinely have been out of the conversational loop at that particular point.”
So, basically: it most likely wasn’t a snub, and Prince William was really just trying to fix his scarf.
