Kate Middleton’s blue-and-white Veronica Beard dress isn’t the only thing in her new video that paid homage to her royal life.
According to People, the clip, which included Middleton sharing that she’d completed her preventative chemotherapy, also had an homage to the late Queen Elizabeth.
The outlet notes that in one montage, Middleton can be seen driving a Land Rover—and the video was filmed “in strikingly similar footage” to a clip showing the queen doing the same thing in the 1992 documentary Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen.
In Middleton’s video, she’s shown via an over-the-shoulder shot driving near Amner Hall, the royal residence in Norfolk that she shares with Prince William.
Queen Elizabeth was shown in a similar manner driving near Sandringham.
Middleton’s news came on Monday, September 9, just a day after the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s passing.
After all, royal biographers have stated that the queen was one of the Middleton’s role models.
Author Sally Bedell Smith told People that Kate had “learned” a lot from the monarch “by observing” her.
She will have absorbed a lot from this queen,” she said, adding that Kate would also come to embody the queen’s unofficial motto: “Never complain, never explain.”
“They were in regular contact, seeing each other in person and speaking on the phone several times a week, bringing them even closer.”
There were other references to Kate Middleton’s royal life in her latest video, aside from her blue-and-white Veronica Beard dress. The video, which featured Middleton revealing that she had finished her prophylactic chemotherapy, also paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth, according to People. A montage in which Middleton drives a Land Rover is featured in the outlet, and the video was shot “in strikingly similar footage” to a scene in the 1992 documentary Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen that shows the queen performing the same action.
Middleton drives close to Amner Hall, the Norfolk royal home she shares with Prince William, as seen in an over-the-shoulder video that she posted to social media. Similar driving near Sandringham was depicted for Queen Elizabeth.
Monday, September 9, the day after Queen Elizabeth’s death anniversary, was when Middleton announced her news. Insiders observe that all the indicators suggest that everything was meticulously planned. The queen was, after all, one of Middleton’s role models, according to royal biographers. People quoted author Sally Bedell Smith as saying that Kate had “learned” a great deal from the queen “by observing” her.
“She’s aware of what connects.”. She said that Kate would also come to represent the queen’s unofficial motto, “Never complain, never explain,” noting that “she will have learned a lot from this queen.”. “. .
Middleton spent a lot of time with the queen, according to fellow royal author Robert Jobson, and part of the reason she and William decided to move to Adelaide Cottage was so that Middleton could be nearer to the monarch in her later years.
Catherine recognized that William needed to be physically closer to the late Queen during her final months since he would need to provide for both her and his father as a future king. In his biography of Catherine, Princess of Wales, Jobson wrote, “It made a real difference.”. They were even closer because they were in regular contact with each other—they spoke on the phone several times a week and saw each other in person. “.
