Kate 'nothing like' Diana, royal author says

Kate Middleton is nothing like Diana, despite ongoing comparisons of the two, says the author of the most famous book ever written about the Princess of Wales, Andrew Morton.

Morton wrote the explosive 1992 book Diana: Her True Story, exposing for the first time many details of Diana’s turbulent private life, including her fraught relationship with Charles, her bulimia and self harm.

But the best selling author has now confirmed Catherine is a very different person to Diana, contrary to reports likening the two, News Corp News Corp

“Poor old Kate has always been compared with Diana. She’s very different," Morton said.

Morton, who plans to revise his best selling book 25 years after Diana’s death, pointed out that Catherine had been introduced to royal life "very gently" and almost decade older than Diana, who was only 19 when she married Prince Charles and "thrown in the deep end".

She and Prince William also acted more "as a team" than Charles and Diana, he added.

While both women have used their roles to champion good causes, this too was different, he said, explaining Catherine was “not taking on difficult, dramatic issues on her own”.

“The mental health charities she’s done have been with William and Harry.’’

Morton said unlike Diana, whose struggle in the spotlight led her to dark places, Catherine did not have the same “sense of drama” going on and had also come from a stable family background.

Speaking of the constant comparisons between the two, Morton said he was sure Catherine was “sick of it”.

Morton said he believed the royal family had learned lessons from Diana, which had sparked a new approach for people marrying into the royal family and ultimately  allowed Catherine to settle into royal life.