Kate Middleton Beats Princess Diana in Most Beautiful Royal Poll

127,000 vote in the largest royal beauty contest in history, run by BeautifulPeople.com

LONDON, April 18, 2011 - When she marries Prince William, Kate Middleton will join the ranks of
Princess Grace of Monaco and Queen Rania of Jordan as one of the most
beautiful royals in history, according to the survey.

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Miss Middleton came in third in the poll, beating the late Diana,
Princess of Wales who followed in fourth place.

The exclusive online dating community, BeautifulPeople.com, provided a
list of royals and told voters to choose who was the most beautiful. 127,000
adults voted in the poll, which was open to everyone, not just to members,
who must themselves pass a similar rating system in order to join the
exclusive dating community.

Princess Grace came in first with a 91 per cent approval rating; Queen
Rania came in a close second with 90 per cent; Miss Middleton was third with
84 per cent, and Lady Diana fourth with 82.

The only other British royal to make it into the top ten was Princess
Margaret, who came in ninth with 70 per cent.

"Kate Middleton is no typical beauty," said Greg Hodge, managing director
of BeautifulPeople.com. "But her style, deportment and immaculate grooming
have clearly won her an army of admirers, propelling her to the same heights
as Princess Grace and Queen Rania. I think the world is breathing a sigh of
relief that the British monarchy can only get better looking in generations
to come."

Not faring quite so well were the Duchess of York and her daughters,
Eugenie and Beatrice. Prince Andrew's youngest daughter Eugenie was top of
the three - with 33% of votes - followed by Beatrice and Princess Fiona from
Shrek sharing 32% of votes each. Fergie scored 21%, just behind Camilla, the
Duchess of Cornwall.

The men's list was topped by Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden. Prince
William came in fifth, just behind his younger brother Harry, who was fourth.

Surprisingly, Prince Charles scraped into the top 10 with 37% whilst
former playboy Prince Andrew joined the lowest ranking royals for looks -
trailing slightly behind King Henry the VIII. Andrew scored better than his
ex-wife, Weight Watchers ambassador Sarah Ferguson.

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Findings:

Top 10 royal beauties: women

    1)  Princess Grace of Monaco: 91%
    2)  Queen Rania of Jordan: 90%
    3)  Princess in waiting, Kate Middleton: 84%
    4)  Princess Diana of Wales: 82%
    5)  Princess Charlotte of Monaco: 76%
    6)  Princess Gayatri Devi: 75%
    7)  Princess Madeline of Sweden: 74%
      Crown Princess Mary of Denmark: 72%
    9)  Princess Margaret: 70%
    10) Princess Masako of Japan: 68%

Top 10 royal beauties: men

    1)  Prince Carl Philip of Sweden: 88%
    2)  Prince Andrea of Monaco: 80%
    3)  Prince Frederick of Denmark: 76%
    4)  Prince Harry of Wales: 66%
    5)  Prince William of Wales: 65%
    6)  Prince Philippos of Greece: 62%
    7)  Felipe de Borbon, Crown Prince of Spain 60%
      Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg: 57%
    9)  Prince Albert of Monaco: 44%
    10) Prince Charles of Wales: 37%

The lowest ranking royals in the beauty stakes:

    - Princess Eugenie of York: 33%
    - Princess Fiona from Shrek: 33%
    - Princess Beatrice of York: 32%
    - King Henry VIII: 30%
    - Prince Andrew of England: 29%
    - Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh: 29%
    - The Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland): 27%
    - Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall: 24%
    - Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel: 23%
    - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York: 16%
    - Princess Anne: 14%

Miki Haines-Sanger, +44(0)7900-690-574, or Zoe Sobol, + 44(0)7971-066034, or Felicity Hardingham, +44(0)7747-445 898 all for BeautifulPeople.com, beautifulpeople at goldengoosepr.com / NOTE TO EDITORS: Greg Hodge Managing Director available for interviews.