Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle's appeal when meeting people is similar with Princess Diana. Pictured: Markle smiles as she leaves the Hubb Community Kitchen to see how funds raised by the 'Together: Our Community' Cookbook are making a difference at Al Manaar, North Kensington on November 21, 2018 in London, England. Getty Images/Chris Jackson

Meghan Markle’s body language when meeting people has been compared to Princess Diana’s so-called “stardust” by royal expert Camilla Tominey.

While speaking to Yahoo’s “The Royal Box,” Tominey said that spectators have praised the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry for carrying themselves as the late Princess of Wales did when she was still alive.

“At royal functions, Harry is at the event… Often, with your notebook, you’re like, ‘Oh, what’s going to happen today?’ And it’s like ‘Oh, Harry’s coming, so something will happen! He’ll engage with someone.’ The photographers from yesteryear say this is very much like the Diana era – you didn’t have to invent anything, she was the event. Meghan’s got a bit of that. She’s got a bit of that sprinkling of stardust,” she said (via Daily Star).

Tominey is not the only royal expert to comment on how Markle has been inspired by Princess Diana even though the two women never met. Judi James, a body language expert, told Express that Markle has employed the Princess of Wales’ “baby wave” body language technique.

“The baby wave is a technique mastered by Princess Diana before her and it works three ways: Firstly, the lowered hand, held at the shoulder level with the palm facing forward projects an unassuming, almost non-regal approach to the fans and the public,” she said.

James said that the second technique is to lower one’s head as a way of performing an act of submission and build rapport. And the third aspect of the baby wave is looking straight into the camera, which is something that Markle has been known to do since she became a royal.

“When Diana first used this technique several years ago, it helped create bonds with the public that ended with her being dubbed ‘The People’s Princess.’ Back then when royals tended to be more formal and have protocol rules about ignoring the constant banks of cameras that were a part of their lives, it was like seeing a movie star on the screen suddenly turn round and wink directly at you,” James said.

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