Princess Kate branded a 'disappointment' over her failure to follow Queen's passion

Menkes also contrasted Kate's attitude towards jewellery with Queen Camilla's.

The prominent critic said: "The Princess of Wales is a bit of a disappointment about jewellery.

"She gives the impression that she only puts it on when she absolutely has to.

"I imagine her looking beautiful in one of those gowns behind the scenes and then pulling a face as if to say, 'Do I have to wear this?'

"She doesn’t give any sense of adoring jewellery and being pleased to put it on."

Menkes added on her podcast Creative Conversations: "She doesn’t seem to have Camilla’s joy at wearing jewellery."

She continued: "We now have a new Queen, so presumably she has a first opportunity to look at the jewels.

"We can imagine that the next in line to the throne’s wife would be something that was very special, so will we see Catherine wearing jewellery that is more dramatic, that is more personal to her?

"I don’t know. I can’t help feeling with things of beauty, you either love it or you don’t."

This month a poll showed that the Princess of Wales was more popular in the US than Prince William and Prince Harry as she was liked by 46 per cent and disliked by 11 per cent, leaving her with a net approval rating of +35.

The Duke of Sussex was liked by 48 per cent and disliked by 24 per cent during the second quarter of 2023, giving Harry a net approval rating of +24.

The Prince of Wales was liked by 43 per cent and disliked by 21 per cent, giving him a net approval rating of +22.

The data came from around 1,500 interviews conducted between April and June by YouGov.