“This meant touch was also off the menu.

Meanwhile, Prince William and Kate Middleton have been snapped hugging actressEmma Thompson.

Royal expert Robert Jobson agrees that Diana had an impact on the way royals interact with people.

Princess Diana smiling

“Yes, the young royal are perhaps more open and expressive … “It was perhaps Diana, more than anyone else, that changed that.

“I had always wanted to hug people in hospital beds …

Heaven knows they need it.”

Diana, Princess of Wales, wearing a pale blue shalwar kameez, cradles a young Cancer patient in her arms during a visit to Shaukat Khanum Hospital on February 22, 1996 in Lahore, Pakistan