Princess Kate's leadership style is "the ideal form of leadership charisma," says body language expert

[In response to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's conversation with Oprah Winfrey, news recently broke of Kate's leadership over the royal palace statement. Kate may not be the loudest voice in the room, but her quiet, steady strength makes an impact.

The Daily Express spoke to body language expert Judy James: "You might not think of Kate as someone who takes command or barks orders in an emergency. But her leadership style, which we've been seeing more and more of lately, is the ideal form of leadership charisma in the workplace."

James says Kate is good at putting others at ease rather than leading with fear. She also squats to get close to her young fans, including this adorable exchange with a 3-year-old boy she met at Wimbledon.

"Kate uses several techniques that bring out the best in the people she meets. She has an easy-going, incisive energy that shows interest and curiosity." Her symmetrical smile is contagious, aimed at relaxing the other person, and her hand gestures almost literally elicit information and stories from the people she meets."

Despite being a future queen, "she appears encouraging, but not overwhelming or intimidating," says James. Her hands are often outstretched, her eyebrows are raised in a gesture of genuine interest, and her eye contact is soft enough to suggest active engagement, but never becomes a stare or a glare."

Kate can charm us regular folks as well as celebrities, and according to the Mirror, Lipreader recently decoded a friendly conversation between Kate and Roger Federer, who retired from tennis last year, at Wimbledon, where the two were deep in conversation between matches. Spotted, "the princess made large hand gestures as they chatted," the magazine reported. A lip-reading professional told the magazine that one of their conversations was about one of the most talked-about rules of the tournament: all players playing for the All England Club must wear white.

"But I don't know if that's custom-made, or off-the-shelf, or custom-designed," Kate told Federer. He then added, "The problem here [gesturing to the court in front of him] is that every player might have something similar. Also, when they play against each other, you see that they are basically wearing the same clothes, right?" And.

The reader added that when Kate responded, "Same clothes. It's hard to identify every single one of them." According to the lip reader, Federer concurred, "So I was hoping they would bring back a little more color.

The more you know!