King Charles was seen issuing an order on the royal balcony today, guiding an uncertain Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis on royal etiquette as he celebrated his official birthday during Trooping the Colour.
Lip Reader Deciphers Conversation
Lip reader Jeremy Freeman exclusively deciphered a telling conversation for The Mirror 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 underlined his own father's order by replying: "No, that's it. Go on wave, that's it."
Body Language Expert Weighs In
A body language expert claimed 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."
James added: "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."
Absent Royals
One royal that was, unsurprisingly, nowhere to be seen, was the disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Hours before the event kicked off, he was spotted with a mystery bruised face still lingering. His daughters Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice were also not in attendance, as the King looks to slim down the monarchy.
Thousands of royal fans descended on the Mall to try to witness the famous moment at 1pm this afternoon.
