A mother constantly mistaken for the Princess of Wales ‘loves the compliment’ and says she wishes she could play her in The Crown, however not everyone is so convinced.
Dr Molly Brinkmann, 35, from Franklin, Tennessee, says she has ‘always loved’ Royal Kate Middleton, 41, and claims strangers regularly mistake her for the Princess at first glance.
The mother-of-two sees the likeness herself and says they have the same style and hair and do their make-up in a similar fashion.
Molly is a ‘fan’ of the Royal family and plans to follow the King’s Coronation and is excited to see what Kate wears.
The vet has built a huge following on TikTok where she posts videos giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at life working with animals and it’s here where she says she gets the most comments about her likeness to the royal.
Dr Brinkmann, a vet, pictured here with her daughter, says she’s been mistaken for Kate for years but since she started posting on TikTok has it really exploded
Molly, who lives near Nashville with her husband, Ryan, 35, said: ‘It’s a compliment to look like her.
‘I’ve always loved her. People say, “Holy cow, you look like Kate” and “You should audition for the Crown”.
‘Netflix can call me anytime. I can be the current Kate.’
Molly has always had strangers telling she looks like Kate Middleton for years but said she gets it more now after positing videos on TikTok.
She said: ‘I’ve been told for years in person that I look like her. Strangers come up and say, “You look like Kate”.
Molly recalls an incident when some strangers asked if her husband Ryan (left) if there was royalty in his blood as he looks like he could be part of the Royal familyP
Dr Molly Brinkmann from Tennessee (left) is often told by strangers that she looks like the Princess of Wales and says she would love to play her in Netflix series The Crown. Right: Kate pictured on a visit to Scarborough to launch funding to support young people’s mental health
‘They say ‘for a second there I thought you were her’. My TikTok blew up and people started saying it online.’
She says she can see the similarity ‘a little bit’ but as she’s got older the likeness has become more apparent.
Molly said: ‘As I’ve got older my appearance is more like her. Our hair and style is quite similar.
‘When I’ve got my hair curly it looks more like her and we do our make-up similar.
‘I see the similarities a little bit.
‘I think she is beautiful. It’s fun and flattering to be compared to her.’
Molly also gets compared to other famous Kates but doesn’t see the similarities with them.
She said: ‘I get Kate Upton and Kate Hudson. I don’t see it. We’re very different.
‘It’s so funny – it’s all the Kate’s.’
Most of Molly’s TikTok followers agree that she looks like the Princess of Wales but not everyone thinks so – with one rude person even asking why she was lying
Molly says strangers stop her in the street to tell her how much she resembles Kate Middleton, 41 and she’s happy to take the compliment because she thinks she’s beautiful
Molly says when she wears her hair curly she thinks she looks more like Kate and believes they also do their makeup quite similar
Molly, here with her daughter, also gets compared to other famous Kates including Kate Upton and Kate Hudson but she doesn’t see the similarities to them
However, not everyone online can see the similarities with one of her 154,400 TikTok followers even accusing others of lying about the likeness.
One wrote in reply to fan who thought Molly was Kate Middleton: ‘Princess Kate is way more beautiful’.
While another wrote underneath a follower who also thought she resembled the Princess of Wales: ‘Why you gotta lie’.
Molly’s husband Ryan, who teaches personal finance, goes along with the likeness and was even told he looked like royalty.
Molly said: ‘He’s like ‘yeah sure’ when people say I look like her. He doesn’t look like a William.
‘He looks more like a Harry but not really.
Molly (right with her daughter) says she can see the similarities to Kate (left with a newborn Prince George) a little bit and says it’s ‘fun and flattering’ to be compared to her
Molly says she can see the similarity ‘a little bit’ but as she’s got older the likeness has become more apparent
Molly’s husband Ryan, who teaches personal finance, goes along with the likeness and was even told he looked like royalty. She says when she asks him if he thinks she looks like Kate he says, ‘yeah sure’
‘These women turned to us once and said to him ‘is there royalty in your blood?’
‘It was so random. We asked why and they said of Ryan – ‘you look like you could part of a Royal family’.’
Molly is theater trained and is keen to play Kate in Netflix’s The Crown.
She joked: ‘Somebody needs to call me.’
Molly will be following American Royal superfans as they visit the UK for the Coronation.
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