Both Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are extremely influential. But according to a recent poll, The Duchess of Cambridge is more popular than her sister-in-law in the US. Results revealed Kate is preferred by 68.2 percent of those Stateside, while the Duchess of Cambridge’s rating is down 31 percent, a year after she and Harry sat down with Oprah Winfrey. Jesús Enrique Rosas, also known as the Body Language Guy on YouTube suggested a possible reason as to why Meghan is less popular with the public than Kate.
Jesús began with: “It is not difficult to pinpoint why Kate leads in popularity. And the first reason is one very easy to grasp, once you answer a very simple question; how many times have you heard Cathering talking on a video?
“I mean, any video, or clip that you’ve seen of her, how many times have you seen her talking?
“It’s a strange question, right? But it’s important to establish how perception or the perception of a person works.
“It’s even more relevant if you try to remember the most striking or memorable moment of Kate – did she need to talk, or was she talking, or giving a public speech during that moment you remember?” He asked.
“Just from the past year, we still have a fresh [memory] of the golden dress from the James Bond premiere, and her appearance at the Earthshot prize.
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“But the fact that her appearances have been mostly an exercise in body language, it’s not that she doesn’t give speeches, it’s that in more of her appearnaces, we cannot hear her talk.”
Moving on, the body language expert said: “Let’s ask the same question about Meghan.
“It’s much easier to remember all the times we have heard her talking, and to be fair, let’s count only those times after she started her relationship with Harry.
“It’s highly likely that the clips or videos from Meghan that were more impactful for you include some sort of speaking, or talking – because there are so many of them.
“And of course, it doesn’t help that many times, what she has said has worked in the exact opposite if what she intended.”
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Jesús added: “Now, you might be wondering, what does not talking have to do with popularity? Well, there is one huge fact about our perception, that is mystery.
“Mystery is something that every single person should be able to handle in a healthy way. You should never reveal everything about you in one sitting, because you’ll instantly become boring.
“I know I’m oversimplyfying this concept, but it’s literally applies to everything. There is no way a personality can be interesting, there is no way you can be interesting, if you don’t nurture a bit of mystery around yourself.”
He went onto say he is not suggesting you “lie or fool people into thinking you’re something you’re not”.
“That is not mystery,” Jesús remarked. “Mystery is showing people just enough of you so they keep guessing the rest, and surprise them from time to time with a new angle that they just weren’t aware of.
“And that fits exactly with Kate’s piano playing – it took everyone by surprise and it was totally unexpected.
“But the only reason it had that impact, is because it was surrounded by an aura of mystery.
“This is one of the most important skills that you can acquire, for many reasons – the most important is you want people to perceive you as interesting.”
He added: “The greatest conversationalists are the ones that talk less. Instead of talking about themselves, they are masters at making conversation about others.
“There’s another angle [to Kate being more popular than Meghan]: there are people who are really good at making us think and reflect that they are talking all the time.
“For Meghan, the moments we always remember are her talking about her personal life and that turns her into a boring person. And boring people are not popular.”
Jesús commented: “What’s really counterintuitive is that Kate lives a very public life.
“But the question is, do you really know what’s going on in her personal life?
“Most things that you know about Kate’s personal life, is from gossip sites, or second-hand evidence.
“Meghan, what about her? She claimed she wanted privacy, she didn’t want to be in that [Royal Family] spotlight, that she, along with Harry were going to life a quiet life… and what happened?”
He continued: “She has talked so much about herself, about her personal life, that she has slowly erasing any mystery that she could inspire, in the same way Kate does.
“The moment your personal dramas start to spill out and erode the real value you’ve been giving to your audience, that is the start of your downfall.”
