Last year, Duchess Kate and Prince William stopped in California for a few days to do some glitzy events. One of those events involved a Beverly Hills reception (during the day) in which Reese Witherspoon, arguably one of America’s Sweethearts, got to come face-to-face with a real-life “princess”. Which I guess Kate is, although her working title is only “The Duchess of Cambridge”. I’m including some of the photos from last year’s event, in which Reese can be seen looking at Kate with AWE.

Anyway, Reese is on today’s Ellen show, and Ellen asked her about meeting Kate. Reese was cute about it:

Reese: Somebody called me and said we’re having a really small fundraiser would you want to come over and meet the Prince and Princess? I was like, Yes. My husband just thought I was so dorky. He was like, why are you so excited? I must of tried on like six outfits. I’m meeting a princess. You don’t understand. You have to be wearing the right outfit and the whole thing. I don’t know maybe we can be friends. So we went and it’s always funny. Whenever I am super excited about things, my husband calls it the double barrel. That’s when I smile so big I look like a child.

Ellen: You really do look happy (shows photo) You’re just beaming.

Reese: I was so excited to meet her. Y’all, she’s a princess.

Ellen: Was she nice? Do you think y’all will hang out?

Reese: I mean, I would like to hang out. I’m not sure she wants to hang out with me. I could see that happening.

Ellen: Was she down to earth?

Reese: She was really nice. She was lovely. She’s so composed. She seems like such a lady and I think it’s so nice now days to see someone with such nice composure and carries herself so beautifully.

[Via transcript of Ellen’s show]

I understand what Reese is saying about how it’s nice to see a young woman in the public sphere who isn’t flashing her bits and pieces, who handles herself with grace, who has “composure.” Reese thinks of herself as a champion for that kind of woman, and… yeah, she probably is. I think Reese is a good role model for young women too – I would argue that Reese is an even better role model than Kate, actually. Reese has a job AND she does charity work AND she’s raising a family. That’s more admirable than, you know, waiting around for a guy for ten years, going on vacation all of the time, and having the bar set so low that you get credit for being “composed.”

Speaking of what in the world Kate does with all of her free time, while Kate was visiting a Liverpool hospital earlier this week, she talked with some kids about their favorite TV shows, and she admitted that she’s a fan of a British reality show called The Only Way Is Essex. I’ve never seen it, but from what I understand, it’s sort of comparable to a Real Housewife show, I think. The show follows B-list and C-list celebrity types who live in Essex, basically. Apparently, Kate “never misses an episode.” Kate has also talked about being a big fan of Downton Abbey too. So… we know what she does all day. She watches TV. Not just TV – she watches reality shows. That would be like finding out Michelle Obama is obsessed with Days of Our Lives. Disappointing, right?

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.