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Neil Goulding

EastEnders' Kara Tointon looks so convincing as Kate Middleton in new stage role

EastEnders star Kara Tointon is starring as Kate Middleton in a new London stage show.

And the 38-year-old actress looks a dead ringer for HRH The Duchess of Cambridge in the new spoof production.

Kara, who played confident Cockney Dawn Swan in the hit BBC soap, is now starring in the West End having left Albert Square.

And sporting a trademark dark green wax jacket and the kind of shirt beloved by Kate, actress Kara has won many plaudits for her performance in The Windsors: Endgame at London’s Prince of Wales Theatre.

Kare, who left EastEnders in 2009, is starring alongside actor Ciaran Owens, who plays her husband HRH Prince William.

Ann Oberman is also starring in the show as Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, while comedian Harry Enfield has reprised his role as HRH Prince Charles.

Actress Crystal Condie plays the Duchess of Sussex in the show, which was a soap opera hit for Channel 4.

The Windsors: Endgame is a soap-style parody of the lives of the royal family.

The cast also includes Eliza Butterworth and Sophie-Louise Dann, Matthew Cottle and Tom Durant-Pritchard.

But Kara’s performance as Kate has got fans talking, especially because of her striking – and uncanny resemblance – to royal Kate.

The mum-of-two has not ruled out a return to EastEnders one day, but for now she is enjoying the adrenalin rush of performing to a live audience.

Kara famously went on to win Strictly Come Dancing in 2010, the year after she left EastEnders to embark on new challenges.

She once dated co-star Joe Swash, but is now happily engaged to Norwegian fiancé Marius Jensen. The couple have two sons, Helly and Frey.

Perhaps fittingly, Kara opted to wade in - earlier this month – on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle following their departure from royal duties.

"My only observation and my only thought is, good luck to them all.

"I wish them all the best of luck," she told OK! magazine.

The real Kate and Wills with two of their children (PA)

However, one controversy with the new show is that creator Bert Tyler-Moore has not included HRH The Queen.

"I think they thought it best to steer clear of the Queen and George and I agreed," he told the BBC.

"She's a hugely respected figure, even among people in Britain who aren't at all monarchist. We were very happy to let her be. As the play shows, there are plenty of other people to take the mickey out of. Some characters are more fantastical than others."

He added: "I've tried to build in references to recent events, like when Harry announced he's to publish his memoirs next year. But things change so often that not everything can stay in."

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