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'She reminds us of Princess Diana' - how Germany and Poland fell in love with the Duchess of Cambridge
She was hailed in Warsaw as "beautiful and perfect" by crowds of adoring fans during a visit to Poland with Prince William.
Now, the Duchess of Cambridge has been dubbed the new "Princess Di" by the German media, which appears to have fallen head-over-heels in love with the royal couple.
'The princess of hearts'
"For the kids, she is the princess of hearts!" enthused one headline in Berliner Zeitung this week.
It added that an image of the Duchess hugging a child was "reminiscent of the warmth of heart which until now had only been on display from Will's mother, Diana."
Daniel Loser, a royals super-fan, told the newspaper: "This is a very special day. In my view, Princess Kate is carrying on Di's legacy. [I admire] her elegance and style...I love the royals because they are so down to earth."
In an article on how to emulate the Duchess' dress sense, the tabloid Bild praised her "fantastic hair, perfect skin and classic, elegant fashion."
Salzburger Nachrichten put the royal couple on Thursday's front page, along with a story about their meeting with German chancellor Angela Merkel.
'Charmenoffensive'
Hamburger Morgenpost said the couples' "Charmenoffensive" had so far been a roaring success, and suggested the visit was aimed at endearing the UK to its German neighbours after Brexit.
In the same newspaper, a German expert on royal affairs lamented the fact that it was "unlikely" a royal visit from the Queen would follow.
"It appears that she is restricting her visits solely to the United Kingdom...this for me was a charm offensive which followed Britain's somewhat disappointing decision to leave the European Union," " said Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert.
Die Welt called the visit "a kind of rescue mission" a year after the fateful Brexit referendum, which stunned the remaining 27 EU member states. "William and Kate are in Germany with their children to lighten the mood," it said.
Rigorous preparations have also been underway to make the Duchess and the Duke as comfortable as possible during their stay.
Mario Calvelo, the head butler at the British Residence in Berlin, told Bild he had spent the past ten days polishing the silver in anticipation of the couple's arrival.
'Princess Charlotte stole the show'
The adulation came hot on the heels of the royals' earlier visit to Poland, where they visited the capital of Warsaw and met with holocaust survivors near Gedansk.
Polish tabloid Fakt dedicated some attention to the politics behind the visit but also put time and effort into examining the appearance of the Duchess of Cambridge and that of the children.
One story on the arrival of the family was topped with the headline “Princess Charlotte Stole the Show”. The paper also looked at which Polish celebrities had been invited to the Queen’s Birthday Party in Warsaw, which was attended by William and Kate.
The Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza devoted daily coverage to the Royal visit. Like much of the media in Poland at the start of the visit, Wyborcza looked at the reasons as to why the couple was dispatched to Poland, in particular Brexit, before following the visit in detail.
At one point the paper even dedicated a live blog to them when they were in Warsaw meeting Andrzej Duda, the Polish president.
Rzeczpospolita, a leading Polish broadsheet, honed in on the Royal Couple’s praise of Poland, using quotes such as “Poland is an example of courage” as headlines for their coverage of the visit.
But, like Wyborcza, the paper stressed the political and diplomatic significance of a visit that occurred just before Brexit negotiations started again in Brussels.