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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Katie Rosseinsky

The bonkers world of professional royal doppelgangers: ‘I played the Queen in a flea powder advert’

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When Heidi Agan was on the train last month, the conductor did a double take. “I was like, ‘Is my ticket wrong?’ Then he said, ‘You look just like Kate Middleton.’ And I said, ‘Thank you – that’s what I do.’”

A gracious response worthy of the royal herself. Perhaps it’s no wonder that Agan has got the Princessy small talk down to a fine art – she has been a professional Middleton lookalike for more than 10 years. At the peak of Kate’n’Wills mania, around the time of the royal couple’s 2011 wedding, Agan was waitressing at Frankie & Benny’s in Kettering. “Everybody was saying… could they be served by me? Could they have pictures?” she recalls.

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