A BODY language expert has revealed the key similarities between Prince Harry and his mother Princess Diana after his explosive interviews.
Judi James has revealed her analysis exclusively to HOAR after comparing clips of Harry’s chats with ITV and US network CBS with Diana’s infamous Panorama interview from 1995.
Body language expert Judi James has analysed Prince Harry’s bombshell interviews with ITV and CBS
She revealed parallels with Princess Diana’s infamous 1995 sit down with Panorama
The Duke of Sussex has sparked controversy after calling Queen Camilla as “dangerous” and a “villain” in an extraordinary attack.
The prince, 38, also blamed the British press for the split in his family, while he claimed that he had never accused his relatives of racism.
This was despite his previous claims that an unnamed royal had concerns over the colour of his son Archie’s skin.
Millions of ITV viewers were stunned to see Harry distance himself from incendiary comments made on US telly to Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
Buckingham Palace has, so far, not offered any comment on the interviews, while the King and Queen Consort seemed to ignore the controversy as they wished the Princess of Wales a happy birthday.
However, Judi has spotted some similarities between Harry’s body language in his explosive sit-downs and his mother’s nearly three decades earlier.
Six key echoes of Diana in Harry’s interviews
The reference to Camilla
Referencing Diana’s controversial interview with the BBC’s Martin Bashir, Judi said: “Diana referred to Camilla as ‘his [King Charles’] lady’, adding the famous line ‘There were three of us in the marriage.’
“Harry calls her ‘the third person in their marriage’, just like his mother.”
The Duke’s choice of phrase seemed to be a call back to his mother’s comments as he blasted his step-mother.
The wry smile
Both Harry and his mother wore a wry smile during their interviews
There were also some common tics between the prince and his mother as they discussed the more emotional parts of their experiences, according to Judi.
She said: “When Diana got to some of the most tragic parts of her story she would dip her head, increase her eye contact and perform an asymmetric, mirthless smile that involved one side of her mouth being hiked up into a wry smile to suggest resignation and stoicism.
“When Harry spoke of his fear of losing Meghan he says ‘I don’t want to be a single dad’, looking away before looking back at Tom with an almost identical wry smile and small ironic laugh.”
Meanwhile, many viewers were surprised that Harry wasn’t challenged over his claims, and they all said the same thing about the interview.
The clasped hands
The pair also adopted a similar posture, with clasped hands
Judi spotted that both Harry and Diana adopted a similar posture for their high-profile interviews.
She said: “Both Diana and Harry sat looking composed with their hands clasped loosely on their lap.”
She also revealed the hidden emotions the gesture was concealing.
Judi explained: “From both there were glimpses of some small self-comfort rubbing together of the fingers or thumbs, suggesting concealed anxiety or tension.”
The shoulder shrug
Judi explained that the small shrug of the left shoulder that they both made suggested ‘resignation’
Judi added: “Both Diana and Harry repeatedly used the left shoulder shrug as they spoke.”
Revealing the meaning behind the habit, she said: “It is a gesture that also suggests resignation by appearing to suggest they would expect no better from the people that upset them.”
This came as Harry suggested that Prince William had broken their brotherly pact, and said their mother would have been heartbroken over it.
The sniffing
Another habit that Diana and Harry shared was a sniffing as they spoke, though both did so slightly differently.
Judi explained: “Diana used a soft but audible deep, sniffing breath up her nose as a form of punctuation between words.
“Harry also sniffed through his interviews but it was a less elegant, dramatic sniff that often came when he was on the alert for a difficult question.”
The crown
Judi’s final revelation was that Harry and his mother shared an attitude towards the Royal Family as an institution.
Both ultimately ended up leaving the institution but The Duke said he is keen to reconcile and that he wants both his brother and father “back”.
According to Judi, both held “the shared belief in the monarchy aligned with strong doubts that they will be part of it”.
