Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s Polo Match Kiss Not Like Princess Diana, Charles'

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s polo match kiss was nothing like Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ smooch from years ago.

Judi James, a body language expert, analyzed the kiss of the two royal couples. She said that analyzing the smooch will provide an insight into the kind of relationship that Prince Harry and Markle, and Prince Charles and Princess Diana have.

“Windsor men like nothing better than strutting round in thigh-highs and white jeans to show off their alpha potential to their women on their polo field. This ‘reward’ kiss comes during the trophy-giving ceremony and it gives us a chance to study the state of royal relationships during what are likely to be the only kissing PDAs outside the royal weddings,” she told Daily Mail.

According to the body language expert, Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s kiss didn’t fare as well as Prince Harry and Markle.

“The breakdown of his marriage to Diana was pretty much announced in neon when Diana swerved her head at the moment of the kiss [in India in 1992], leaving her husband’s painfully pursed lips making contact with the side of her hair. There is a feeling in this pose that Diana was in distance-making mode though, as her torso is partially turned towards the cameras and also held upright, rather than leaning in to make it easier for her slightly shorter husband to make contact,” James said.

James also said that Princess Diana’s chin in the photo is tilted up slightly, and this gives Prince Charles’ neck some tension when he leaned in for a kiss.

“Diana is making him do most of the running here and we can see her cheeks rounded showing that she’s smiling either from fun or embarrassment,” she said.

Whereas Prince Harry and Markle’s kiss photo at least week’s polo match evokes trust and synchronicity.

“The newlyweds stand with their torso turned out towards the cameras and Meghan’s only slightly angled towards Harry. This should have made kissing comfortably a challenge but the mirroring between them creates some very relaxed and easy-going choreography for the couple, enabling them to lean their heads in to create a kiss that is both passionate and remarkably intimate,” she explained.

Unlike Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Prince Harry and Meghan’s sweet moment was all about their kiss and not the handing of the trophy.

“There is no awkwardness with their kiss and their level of synchronicity suggests they are still in the stage known as passionate love,” she concluded.