Kate Middleton's 'recipe for disaster' gesture spotted moments before speech

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A body language expert has said that a gesture made by Kate Middleton as she gave a speech in 2014 was a 'recipe for disaster'.

Kate gave birth to her and Prince William's first child, George, on July 22, 2013, and was back to attending Royal duties just under seven months later.

Giving a speech at the National Portrait Gallery's Gala on February 11, 2014 Kate could be seen addressing the audience as she started speaking, but eagle eyed body language expert Judi James noticed that the Princess of Wales 'swallowed' moments before making the speech and labelled it a 'recipe for disaster'.

Judi said: "We can see almost from the start as she's meeting and greeting and mixing with people that there's quite a lot hanging over her in terms of nervousness."

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The body language expert said that Kate was looking 'nervous' even before she made the speech -Credit:Getty Images

She added: "We're seeing her with signs of dread, we can see a big swallow. That's usually a recipe for disaster when somebody's going to make a speech."

Speaking about Kate's performance as she gave the speech, the body language expert had said that the 42-year-old had improved since making her first Royal addresses after marrying into the family in 2011: "She is good, I mean she delivers it well, she's a lot better than she used to be."

But, despite her speech being an overall success, Judi claims her signs of nervousness were still present as she muddled her words as she rounded off the address to the audience, as she said 'I hope you have a wonderful evening'.

After announcing in March this year that she had been diagnosed with cancer, Kate returned to Royal duties last month after she had completed chemotherapy treatment.

'Kate: In Her Own Words', is set to air on Channel 5 at 9.20pm on Saturday, October 19.