Prince William showed “inner tension” as the royal appeared to “mirror Prince Harry”, a body language expert has exclusively told GB News.
The Prince of Wales’s new two-part documentary, “Prince William: We Can End Homelessness”, began airing on Wednesday evening.
At the beginning of the first episode, Prince William, 42, appeared to offer an olive branch to his younger brother, the Duke of Sussex, 40.
For the first time in years, William uttered Prince Harry’s name – despite the brothers not currently being on speaking terms.
Prince William shows ‘inner tension’ as royal appears to ‘mirror Prince Harry’
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The Prince of Wales said: “My mother took me to the Passage, she took Harry and I both there.”
Judi James, a body language expert, spoke exclusively to GB News to explain how William showed “clues of inner tension” at this moment.
She said: “William adopts a relaxed, low-drama air as he name-checks his brother in public for the first time in ages.
“But there is a clue to inner tension as he enunciates Harry’s name. In a bid to sound casual, he slides over it quickly, making it more of a ‘Huury’ than a ‘Harry’.
Prince William pictured in his new documentaryITV“His body language when he appears on-screen looks open and rather honest as he re-lives the past via his current delivery, sounding and looking almost like the boy he was then as he describes his thoughts and memories in detail.
“When the clip changes there is a longer piece of William explaining his thoughts about the homeless, only this time speaking with passion.”
James added that the Prince of Wales appears to be mirroring the Duke of Sussex’s traits amid their royal rift.
She continued: “What is fascinating here is his gesticulation.
Prince William opens up about ‘feeling guilty’ in new documentary amid privilege rowITV“This is the first time we have seen William sharing the same traits as his brother.
“Both William and Harry seem to have developed a way of speaking that is accompanied by some rapid ongoing illustrative gesticulation to define their words in a kind of mime.
“Both brothers now act out every word they are saying with matching hand gestures.
“When Harry has been using it, it has often looked like overkill that might have been prompted by speaking to a US audience, but William is mirroring the trait here.
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“It’s as though both brothers feel the need to do sign language as they speak, in a bid to make their messages easier to understand.
“Although it is normal to speak with your hands this is a much more exaggerated version of gesticulation than most people use.
“It’s a technique speakers often use when they are afraid they might lose their audience’s attention although that would hardly be true for a royal prince.”