The King was spotted giving guidance to his grandchildren Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis during this weekend’s Trooping the Colour
King Charles was spotted guiding an uncertain Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on the Buckingham Palace balcony this weekend.
It came as the monarch was celebrating his official birthday, marked by the annual Trooping the Colour parade in central London.
Senior royals including the King and Queen, Princess Catherine, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Princess Anne all gathered to witness the iconic flypast above the Palace.
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However, the younger royals appeared somewhat unsure of the correct etiquette while on the balcony. Lip reader Jeremy Freeman revealed the exchanges just as the Red Arrows passed overhead, marking the end of the event, reports the Express.
According to Jeremy, Princess Charlotte was spotted turning around and asking: “Time to wave?” Charles then responded, appearing to address everybody, saying: “Very good. Now we give a wave.”
Reinforcing his instruction, he added: “Wave to everyone. Cheerio. That’s right, thank you very much.”
Louis was then seen turning to his father William and asking: “Is there more?” The second-in-line to the throne echoed his own father’s guidance by replying: “No, that’s it. Go on wave, that’s it.”
This wasn’t the only notable exchange captured by lip readers during today’s Trooping. Jeremy highlighted a conversation between Louis and Kate that appeared to suggest he had been picking up tips from his elder brother Prince George.
Meanwhile, a body language expert suggested the balcony appearance showed the royals were “divided”.
Judi James told the Mirror: “The newly-pared down royal firm we saw on the balcony showed two family ‘teams’ or units: On one side we had the solid, dependable and unproblematic royal ‘rocks’ in the shape of Edward, Sophie, Tim and Anne and on the other side of the balcony the tightly-choreographed, immaculately stylish and elegant Wales’s.
“With no Beatrice or Eugenie, the face of the Firm looked emphatic and undiluted. There was even The Duke of Kent there to symbolise the generation before and maybe show the resilience and stoicism of that generation as he is still working in his nineties.”
One royal who was, unsurprisingly, nowhere to be seen was the disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Just hours before the event commenced, he was photographed displaying a mysterious bruised face while still lingering in the vicinity.
His daughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice were similarly missing from the proceedings, as the King presses ahead with his plans to slim down the monarchy.
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