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Kate Middleton attended Trooping the Colour at the weekend, a ceremonial event performed every year on Horse Guards Parade to celebrate King Charles’s birthday. The Princess hadn’t been seen in public since Christmas Day, following a trip to hospital for planned abdominal surgery and later her shock announcement that she is undergoing cancer treatment.

Body language expert to the stars Judi James, has opened up about Kate’s “discreet” public appearance and suggested one royal, in particular, acted as a stand-in for the future Queen – none other than her daughter.

Speaking exclusively to Express Online, the communications specialist suggested Princess Charlotte openly supported her mother amid her return to royal events. The body language expert shared her insights into the pair’s interaction, and suggested the Princess of Wales has not yet made a full return to public duties.

Judi told Express.co.uk: “Her hat brim was tilted so that her face was partly hidden in the carriage, when she would normally wear a …