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This might look like an ordinary photo of Royal couple Kate Middleton and Prince William. Take a closer look 👀

These are the UK's 'most realistic' Kate and Wills lookalikes, who charge upwards of £500 for an appearance 🧵👇

👑We spoke to a Kate Middleton impersonator to see what life is like as a fake Princess 💁‍♀️

📰Report by @Emmafmagnus

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👑 Mum-of-two Heidi Agan is a professional pretend Kate Middleton who looks so much like the Duchess of Cambridge that she's frequently mistaken for her in public.

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👑Heidi previously worked as a waitress in 2011, when customers constantly commented on her resemblance to the then-newlywed Princess.

After six months of being stopped by strangers —increasingly often— Heidi finally decided to send her pictures to a celebrity lookalikes agency.

👑 She booked her first job as a professional impersonator just days later and has been earning a living as a fake Kate ever since.

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Pre-pandemic, Heidi's services were in high demand. Some days, she'd work multiple events a day, travelling to the North of England in the morning and down to London at night.

Her work took her abroad too: New York, Germany, Austria, Hong Kong, Australia.

👑"The variety of jobs is huge. No two days are the same - no two jobs are the same," says Heidi. Her work schedule corresponds closely to the Royals' own: if they're busy, she's busy.

👑Heidi says: "Events like the Jubilee, the birth of Prince George, the Olympics, the Queen's 90th birthday - those generate a lot of work. Whenever there's a big royal event, there's always going to be some fun events for us as well."

👑She works regularly with Simon Watkinson, who impersonates Prince William, as well as Mary Reynolds, who doubles as the Queen.

👑She says: "I've travelled the world with Simon more than I have my actual husband - that's quite bizarre.
"We have this bizarre, alternate family...we have all these strange experiences together that I don't think anybody else could comprehend."