Duchess Catherine is just like her mother Carole Middleton - and not just when it comes to looks
The similarities are uncanny.
Colour coordinated in red for Prince William's Sandhurst graduation.
(Image: Getty Images)They have the same smile!
(Image: Getty Images)Catherine and Carole matched in jeans and boots at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park in 2005.
(Image: Getty Images)We recognise that hat! Even a style icon like the Duchess pinches things from her mum's wardrobe.
(Images: Getty Images)On the night before Duchess Catherine's royal wedding in 2011, the mother and daughter twinned in chic white jackets for Kate's final night as a Middleton.
(Image: Getty Images)Carole and Kate waved like pros on the Buckingham Palace balcony after the wedding service at Westminster Abbey.
(Image: Getty Images)Duchess Catherine borrowed her mum's blue dress for a royal outing in 2012, proving you're never too old to borrow mum's stuff!
(Image: Getty Images)In fact, Duchess Catherine seems to take a lot of style inspiration from her mum. Following the birth of Prince George, both Carole and Catherine wore similar printed blue dresses.
(Image: Getty Images)Carole and her eldest daughter looked extra chic when they attended Royal Ascot in 2017.
(Image: Getty Images)As a longtime tennis fan and player, Carole Middleton is a regular in the stands when Wimbledon is on.
(Image: Getty Images)And as royal Patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet club, it's clear that Duchess Catherine has inherited her mum's love of the sport.
(Image: Getty Images)Carole Middleton is always there to lend a hand to her daughter when it comes to grandmother duties, like when she kept an eye on Princess Charlotte at the Christmas service in 2016.
(Image: Getty Images)Carole was also on hand at the King's Cup Regatta in August in 2019.
(Image: Getty Images)Like many of us, Carole loves a summer dress - and this green wrap style she wore to Wimbledon had an uncanny familiarity to it...
(Getty)Yep, Kate wore a near match to her mothers while visiting Hampton Court Place in summer 2019!
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