King Charles was spotted guiding Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on the Buckingham Palace balcony during Trooping the Colour
King Charles was spotted guiding an uncertain Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on the Buckingham Palace balcony today (June 13). The monarch is celebrating his official birthday, marked by the annual Trooping the Colour parade in central London.
Senior royals including the King and Queen, Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Princess Anne were all in attendance to watch the iconic flypast over the Palace.
However, it appears the younger royals were somewhat unsure of the protocol while up on the balcony.
Lip reader Jeremy Freeman deciphered the telling conversation that occurred just as the Red Arrows flew over, signalling the end of the event. According to Jeremy, Princess Charlotte was seen turning around and asking: “Time to wave?”
Charles then replied, seemingly to everyone: “Very good. Now we give a wave.”
Underlining his order, he added: “Wave to everyone. Cheerio. That’s right, thank you very much.”
Louis was then seen turning to his dad William and asking: “Is there more?” The second-in-line to the throne reinforced his own father’s instruction by replying: “No, that’s it. Go on wave, that’s it.”
This wasn’t the only noteworthy exchange picked up by lip readers during today’s Trooping. Jeremy noticed a conversation between Louis and Kate that appeared to suggest he had been taking cues from his elder brother Prince George.
Meanwhile, a body language expert claimed the balcony appearance suggested 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 proceedings got under way, he was spotted sporting a mysterious bruised face.
His daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice, were likewise absent from the occasion, as the King continues his efforts to streamline the monarchy.
