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MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry are clearly besotted with one another, but a body language expert has revealed they may have had a royal tiff at Princess Eugenie’s wedding.

Judi James spotted the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s “less than tactile display” inside St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, yesterday as they waited for the ceremony to start.

 Body language expert Judi James has analysed Harry and Meghan's behaviour in St George's Chapel
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Body language expert Judi James has analysed Harry and Meghan's behaviour in St George's ChapelCredit: ITV

“For some reason Harry looks distracted and fidgety as they wait in the pews, while Meghan sits facing front and looking demure and impervious, with a polite social smile on her face,” Judi exclusively told Fabulous Online.

“Harry mutters something to Meghan and her eyebrows raise before she turns her head towards him, using what looks like an emphatic gesture with each word of her reply.”

She added: “Meghan looks a little bit like a mother with a naughty kid and she even raises both of her hands in a gesture that could mean slight exasperation.

“Whatever she says she then leans forward to resume her conversation with the guest in the row in front.

 Judi described their body language as 'less than tactile'
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Judi described their body language as 'less than tactile'Credit: ITV
 Harry looks down at his suit while Meghan faces forward after their discussion
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Harry looks down at his suit while Meghan faces forward after their discussionCredit: ITV
 Judi says Harry sinks into his chair, while Meghan chats to another guest
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Judi says Harry sinks into his chair, while Meghan chats to another guestCredit: ITV
 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared to have shrugged off any minor disagreement after the service
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared to have shrugged off any minor disagreement after the serviceCredit: Getty - Contributor
 Meghan and Harry looked loved up as they left the chapel
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Meghan and Harry looked loved up as they left the chapelCredit: Getty - Contributor

“Harry's response is to rub his face, sniff and lick his lips impatiently as he sinks against the side of the chair, looking away.”

Judi says Meghan’s hand movements could be a “measuring gesture” that refer to the “size of the audience”.

She concluded: “If the pair did have a small disagreement it was soon over because they were back to their normal loving, hand-holding and hugging behaviours once the ceremony was over.”

Meghan and Harry tied the knot in the same church just five months earlier in front of a star-studded congregation that included Oprah Winfrey, George and Amal Clooney and The Beckhams.

 Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tied the knot at Windsor Castle in May
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry tied the knot at Windsor Castle in MayCredit: Getty - Pool
 Princess Eugenie wowed in a bespoke gown by designer Peter Pilotto
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Princess Eugenie wowed in a bespoke gown by designer Peter PilottoCredit: PA:Press Association
 Eugenie married her partner of eight years Jack Brooksbank yesterday
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Eugenie married her partner of eight years Jack Brooksbank yesterdayCredit: Rex Features

Meghan stunned at Eugenie’s ceremony in an elegant navy Givenchy dress, hat by Noel Stewart and Manolo Blahnik heels.

Meanwhile, bride Princess Eugenie wowed in a low-backed bespoke gown by Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vo.

The Queen's granddaughter, 28, married her boyfriend of eight years Jack Brooksbank, 32, who popped the question against the dramatic backdrop of a sunset volcano in Nicaragua back in January.

Eugenie, who works as an associate director at a London art gallery, wore her childhood surgery scars with pride, in a gown which exposed signs of a spinal op she had at the age of 12.

The princess had major surgery to correct a curvature of her spine, known as scoliosis, and had steel rods inserted into her back.

Lip reader reveals what Jack Brooksbank said as Princess Eugenie arrived at wedding chapel