Kate Middleton is once again taking over TikTok—this time thanks to a fan-made edit that racked up thousands of views in under 48 hours. The 12-second video, posted by @royalssofeurope, follows her Armistice Day appearance at the National Memorial Arboretum. It’s stitched together from several clips of the day and paired with one simple caption: “The Queen.” So, of course, it has the internet in a chokehold.
Kate Middleton TikTok Video with Caption 'The Queen' Goes Massively Viral
Anyone else feeling Princess Diana 2.0?
Published Nov 30, 2025
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Nothing in the video is technically groundbreaking. It’s the Princess of Wales in her signature Catherine Walker coat, a dramatic Jane Taylor hat and soft, solemn lighting in remembrance of the fallen soldiers. But the edit makes her look like the lead in a prestige drama about a modern monarchy. In under a week, the edit pulled in over 500,000 views and 44.5k likes, with commenters calling her “our future queen.” Many also compared her aura to Princess Diana, saying she gave off “Diana-level elegance.” The wall of crown emojis under the post says it all.
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And the Diana comparisons make sense—especially since Kate is wearing the late princess’s beloved Collingwood pearl drop earrings. Even if viewers didn’t consciously spot them, the visual echo is unmistakable: the black coat, the wide-brim hat, the pearls, the quiet poise. It all taps into Diana-coded elegance.
Perhaps this is why older clips of Kate have been going viral on TikTok lately—like the awkward interview moment above, where she laughs through a slightly chaotic reporter question and keeps her composure the entire time. It’s a tiny, blink-and-you-miss-it exchange, but it’s exactly this kind of grace-under-pressure moment that reminds viewers of her late mother-in-law.
Either way, Kate’s era of Diana-coded elegance is giving people a glimpse of what her future reign might look like. And based on the numerous “Queen” echoes, the internet is very ready. (TBH, so are we.)
