Time and time again, Kate Middleton has been compared to the late Princess of Wales, mother of her husband Prince William.
Dubbed the 'People's Princess' during the period of her marriage to then-Prince Charles, Diana Spencer was famed for her relatability, approachability and the personable relationship she maintained with all citizens of nations across the world.
And since ascending to the title of the 'new' Princess of Wales – following her father-in-law Charles' rise to the throne in September this year – many royal experts have commented on Kate's mirroring of the late Princess Diana's seemingly yet-unparalleled charm.
But royal author Katie Nicholl – writer of new book 'The New Royals – believes one of Kate's "greatest successes" has been making the role of the Princess of Wales "her own".
"She has always made sure she honours Diana’s memory," Katie exclusively tells OK!. "Whether that was through pieces of jewellery that she’s worn or keeping memory boxes for the children, in order to keep the memory of the grandmother they never knew alive.
"But she never tried to emulate Diana. She found her own stride, her own role – and she’s been incredibly successful at doing that."
Princess Kate regularly pays tribute to her late mother-in-law with the clothes and jewellery she wears, often being pictured in a dress similar to one of Diana's or wearing her earrings.
Katie continues: "Yes, she follows in great footsteps as the new Princess of Wales, because the last Princess of Wales was Diana – a title Camilla deliberately never took – but I think she’ll make it her own and make a great success of it."
As well as this, Katie credits the Duchess of Cambridge and husband William for their impressive ability to 'keep their cool' in the face of the turbulent accusations and backlash formed as a result of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's controversial Netflix documentary.
"They have got more weight on their shoulders," admits Katie. "When Harry and Meghan stood down as working royals, it was very apparent that a lot was going to fall to William and Catherine, because Charles and Camilla simply couldn’t take on any more.”
"They’ve carried the weight of that extra workload with a sense of duty very much at the forefront, with a smile on their faces,
She adds: "It helps enormously that they enjoy their work and we have recently seen both of them – William in particular – carrying out a really high profile role around the United Kingdom.
"We’ve seen Prince George and Princess Charlotte carry out their first engagements in Wales over the Platinum Jubilee celebrations and we saw them attend the service of thanksgiving for the Duke of Edinburgh and, of course, the funeral of the Queen.
"So we’re really seeing the family stepping up and emerging more into their public roles."
Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond also credited the Cambridge duo for "knocking" the Sussexes documentary into "second place" with the success of their US tour.
Jennie said she believed William and Kate's trip to Boston for the Earthshot Prize ceremony was bigger news Stateside than Harry and Meghan's six-part docuseries.
The former BBC royal correspondent said she believed the understated nature of William and Kate’s trip to the US was a "snub" to the outlandish way Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, travelled to the Ripple of Hope awards ceremony in New York a few days later.
Speaking exclusively to OK!, said: "I don't believe Harry and Meghan's documentary shadowed things in the States, as the biggest news over there was William and Catherine's visit.
"They never went into so much detail about Harry and Meghan, so it kind of knocked them into second place."
Ms Bond added that, in spite of the controversy surrounding his brother’s documentary, William had "soldiered on in a grown up way by getting on with the job of the tour".
She said: "They’ve put their heads down, got on with things and rose above all of the hoo-ha.
"Earthshot is a great success – it’s very laudable and slick and is very successful in shining light on projects all around the world.
"But they’ve also sort of snubbed Harry and Meghan with how under-played they carried out the tour in terms of extravagance.
"You had the recycled clothes, the recycled red carpet, the hired frock for £74 and I believe it to be true that William and Catherine came back overnight on a British Airways scheduled flight.
"They weren’t on a private jet swanning in from California to New York as Harry and Meghan did a few days later.
"I think the more you look at William and Catherine, the more full of integrity they are."
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