Judi continued: “Zara’s lack of actual royal role might help achieve this mutual adoration society, as it has always allowed her to use spontaneous and affectionate body language in a way that her high-profile mother never did.
“This might also have helped Mike and Zara achieve a very evenly-balanced sense of status that is always written all over their body language together.
“The signals of mutual respect appear linked to their sporting successes as well as their roles as parents.
“Mike has never looked like a guy over-awed by his wife’s family and this easy-going and relaxed attitude must make it easier for her to sustain respect for him in the family unit.”