Discover Kate Middleton's Secret to Power Body Language

Darren Stanton assessed Kate Middleton's body language at her first appearance as Colonel of the Irish Guards.

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Kate participated in a training exercise during Aldershot's St. Patrick's Day parade.

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She leaned down to meet guests' eye level to avoid towering over them.

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Stanton praised Kate's ability to communicate with the public and considered someone else's viewpoint first, as well as her own.

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This technique is known as second positioning in psychology.

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