A Kate Middleton impersonator said her world is in tatters as not only is she grieving the Queen's death - but one of her best friends, who impersonates Her Majesty, has had to retire. Heidi Agan, 42, first became a lookalike in 2012, after being spotted as a doppelganger for Kate Middleton while working as a waitress.
Since then she's appeared at birthday parties and shows around the country, dressed up to look just like the Princess of Wales, and she's formed a strong bond with a group of Royal Family doppelgangers. But now that family has been torn apart and Mary Reynolds, 89, who looked just like the Queen, has had to step down from her role out of respect to Her Majesty.
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Heidi, who lives in Northamptonshire with her painter and decorator husband, Russell Agan, 43, and son, Blake, 20, and daughter Abigail, 13, said: "When they announced The Queen had died, I had this enormous wave of emotion.
"She has been such a constant in all our lives. I don't cry often but I felt so moved. She was incredible.
"But within our own lookalike family, we are also losing our own Queen, Mary, who I have worked with for the last ten years.
"While we will still be able to see her, it will be really strange to not have our lookalike Queen with us anymore."
Before the real Queen's death was announced on Thursday, September 8, Heidi said she sensed there was bad news coming.
"As soon as I saw the news break that The Queen was not well, I knew.
"I had the news on all day, and I haven't turned it off since," she said.
"It's strange because it feels like you've lost a member of your own family - she's been in our lives for our whole lives."
Heidi was discovered while working as a waitress in the build-up to the Royal wedding of Kate and William in 2011.
In the decade since, she has travelled the globe as Duchess Kate, alongside her own 'Royal Family' - including a doppelganger William and of course, the Queen.
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