Royal Roundup : Kate's Shaking It Up , Di-Style !

"We love her . We love her  !"

This is what the folks  who live in London have to say about  Prince William 's gorgeous fianc`ee  Kate  Middleton , the  commomer who's currently taking the world by storm .  

 Us , too!  (the world)

But do Buckingham Palace insiders  ? You can be sure they're monitoring recent Kate events with hawk-like attention .

First , though . we gotta say the 29-year-old longtime girlfriend to   Princess Diana  eldest son is a breath of fresh air  for the stodgy royal set . They're so overly obsessed with rank ,stupid  hats and  keeping a tight upper lip  (even if , say , your  husband's been blatantly cheating for years  ---just as Prince Charles , William's father , did to his mother  for more than a decade ).

Earthy Kate's just the opposite  (save the hat part) , this is not an overstatement  --- she's already become beloved  by the British public for being so  real.

So what's the Old Guard at the palace gonna be worked up  about  ? Well... lets take a look see .

The neckline is  going to be a problem : Just as Kate wore black  (which is a no-no for royals and royals-to-be , as it's suppose to be reserved for funerals ) to a friends wedding recently , Kate also just wore a plunging d`ecollet`e  job to  her own birthday party . 

" Princess Di was constantly getting in trouble  for showing to much bosom ," says a Londoner with royal connections . "It makes the Palace nervous.  And don't forget , she also wore black when she wasn't supposed to ...just like Kate ."

Frankly , Team Truth , doesn't see the cleavage thing being that big of a problem . Heck, Prince Charles's mistress-turned-second wife ,  Camilla  Parker-Bowles , has a set 'o ta-tas , often amply shown off in some horrible overly tight gauche satin . Of course , Charles  and Camilla have largely been cast aside  , at the moment , and nobody's really  paying attention to them , so there is a difference .

Kate likes to hang with the riff-raff : Princess Diana was famous for having her young sons , William and Harry , schooled outside the palace , which was a royal first and an enormous scandal at the time .  Obviously , the common touch took with William  as he found a girl  who not only likes to do her own  grocery shopping , but just this week bargain-hunted at T.J.Maxx and then she picked up a pizza .

The engaged brunette with a  32-carat sapphire  bought a  $ 6.28 margarita  ready-made  selection  from Pizza Express  . She was alone . No teams of fussing ladies in waiting , as all of Kate's future-in-laws are wont  to do .

This is so like Princess Di , who loved to go to the gym or to the movies  (often with her boys) , with as little fuss as possible . Problem was . it never worked  (the no-fuss part) , just as it's about to stop  --- if it hasn't already  --- for the chick from Berkshire .

Flash-bulb-ready is important to Kate : Just as Princess Diana became incresingly photo-op ready , Ms. Middleton's began with the basics  :  Teeth whitening .  She indeed , has a great smile (it's arguably going to be her trademark , just as Princess Diana's long , luscious legs were hers) and it makes total sense  to make it sparkle  before her wedding at Westminster Abbey April 29.  By then the lucky  wedding-dress designer   will have been announced and Kate will have picked out her trousseau .

But count on bundles of urprises regarding both of the above . Whereas Princess Diana became the  couture darling  of the world  , Kate likes to mix old threads with designer chic  . Kate's her own woman in that regard  , not the envied  clothes  fashion-blazing  Princess Diana became , and Kate does not have a  stylist . Did you hear that  ?

Play this remains so . Or the Palace will have a lot less to bitch about in the months to come .

Viva la vintage  romance  : William  & Kate  a royal  romance .