She’s already two inches taller than him and took herself over 6ft in a pair of stilettos.But Tom Cruise, who is 5ft 7,

still managed to measure up to Kate Middleton as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the Top Gun: Maverick premiere on Thursday night.The actor, 59, looked barely an inch shorter than the Duchess of Cambridge, who measures 5ft 9, as he stood beside her at the event in London’s Leicester Square.Stepping up: She’s two inches taller than him, but Tom Cruise still managed to measure up to Kate Middleton as they stood shoulder-to-shoulder at the Top Gun: Maverick premiereTom, widely thought to wear lifts in his shoes, boosted his height with a pair of black suit shoes with a stacked heel as he stepped out in a black tuxedo at the premiere.Kate, who attended the event with her husband Prince William, looked elegant in an off-the-shoulder black dress which she teamed with pointed black high heels.Tom gave Kate, 40, a helping hand as they climbed the red carpet staircase, and he appeared almost the same height as the mother-of-three as they took the stairs side-by-side.Deceptive: The 5ft 7 actor, 59, looked barely an inch shorter than the Duchess of Cambridge, who measures 5ft 9, as he stood alongside her at the event in London’s Leicester SquareIt is not the first time that Tom’s apparently ever-changing height has been noticed as he has appeared to be the same height as many of his taller female co-stars at events, sparking speculation he wears shoe lifts.What’s in those shoes? Tom, widely thought to wear lifts in his shoes, boosted his height in black suit shoes with a stacked heelWhile he has never commented on the theory, Tom was often pictured matching the height of his ex-wife Katie Holmes, who at 5ft 9 and wearing heels at least three inches high, should have dwarfed him in stature. The rumours resurfaced again when Tom was on the promotional trail for the 2010 action film Knight And Day. At many promotional events he would match the height of his co-star Cameron Diaz, who is 5ft 9. Inserts are insoles that can be placed inside a shoe to lift the wearer’s heel up, giving them some extra height and making them appear taller. A more extreme alternative, the so-called ‘elevator shoe’, sees the lift made an integral part of the footwear, allowing a man to boost his height by as much as four inches. A full set of shoe lifts can cost £250, while a single pair of off-the-shelf elevator shoes will set you back between £50 and £100, with bespoke pairs costing up to £1,700. Elsewhere at the star-studded premiere, which came one day after Top Gun: Maverick’s screening at Cannes Film Festival, Tom was seen mingling with his co-stars Miles Teller and Jennifer Connolly.