Camera Catches Duchess Sophie Copying Kate Middleton During Solo Outing

Kate Middleton has won the hearts and minds of Britain and the world with her poise, courage under adversity and gung-ho enthusiasm for her royal duties. She also knows how to grab the attention of children she interacts with—including, most importantly, her own—by deploying a signature communications move. We're talking here of course about her habit of hunkering down to eye level with children and speaking right to them, face-to-face. The move is so winning, so effective and so overall touching that it's spreading through the royals, most recently on Duchess Sophie's solo trip to Belize.

During Sophie's trip to Belize in late November, part of a longer trip to Central America, she visited San Antonio Women’s Cooperative, where she "heard about efforts to empower women and inspire children, joining a pottery and traditional Mayan cooking workshop" according to social media. In the second slide of her post, Sophie uses Princess Catherine's move: She bends down to speak at eye level to hatted boys with glowing smiles.