By Chloe Morgan For Mailonline
Published: 11:24 BST, 27 June 2019 | Updated: 18:42 BST, 27 June 2019
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The Queen 'doesn't have an intimate relationship' with the Duchess of Cambridge – but the Duchess of Sussex 'makes her laugh,' a royal expert has claimed.
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, has revealed that some members of the royal family have a much closer bond than others.
'The Queen admires Kate tremendously but does not have an intimate relationship with her as they don't have much in common,' she told Fabulous Digital.
'I think the Queen and Kate have a more serious relationship as obviously Kate holds all the Queen's hope for the future and she would not want to do anything to upset that.'
Getting on famously! The Queen and the Duchess of Sussex shared a joke on their first royal engagement together on June 14, 2018 when they watched a ceremony to open the new Mersey Gateway Bridge
The Duchess of Cambridge and the Queen appeared more serious when they officially opened Bush House on March 19 at King's College London
The expert went on to question what Kate, 37, and Her Majesty, 93, would have in common apart from their royal duties, and claimed their relationship is much more formal.
'The common bond with Kate would be her children and I can’t imagine the Queen spending too much time talking about them; she is a very shy woman.'
Meghan, also 37, showed her