The former Kate Middleton has had a bigger impact on the shopping behaviour of British consumers, largely due to her pregnancy and searches connected to that, eBay said.Late last year, the online retailer said that her maternity style lead to more online clothing searches on eBay than the style of any other royal over the 12 months.

During the spring, when the Duchess of Cambridge first appeared outside the hospital with her new son, Prince Louis, she was wearing a red Jenny Packham dress and eBay searches for that designer more than doubled as a result.But while there were clearly peaks of Kate-linked searches, eBay also said that her impact on shopping activity has been fairly consistent all year.However, with her wedding dominating the headlines, the Duchess of Sussex wasn’t to…