Lip Reader Shares What ‘Impatient’ King Charles Demanded as He and Queen Camilla Were Stuck in the Rain
King Charles and Queen Camilla (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) have been busy lately ahead of their summer break at Balmoral Castle in a few weeks.
During their visit to the Channel Islands, the monarch presented the new King’s Colours to the Jersey Sea Cadets — in what is the group’s 75th year — and emergency service workers, veterans, and youth groups carried out a march past the Pomme D’Or Hotel. The royal couple watched the parade in St. Helier, Jersey. While crowds braved the rainstorm and gusty winds, the weather conditions had Charles a little annoyed.
Now, a professional lip reader is revealing what the king turned around and told his aides when Camilla was having trouble.
Lip-reading expert reveals what King Charles said when Queen Camilla struggled with her raincoat
Being stuck in a downpour is no fun for anyone and for the king, it tested his patience. Not only did he and his wife have to stand in the torrential rain and watch the parade, but Camilla was having trouble holding her umbrella and pulling her raincoat on, which had been draped over her shoulders.
According to lip reader Jacqui Press, as Camilla struggled the king told her: “Move your arm through the back.”
Press told the Daily Mail when that didn’t work, the monarch turned to their aides on hand and demanded that one of them: “Come and help her!”
Body language expert says Charles likes raincoats as much as leaky pens
After the incident, body language and behavioral expert Judi James compared it to Charles’ infamous outburst over a leaky pen while signing documents in September 2022.
Days after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, Charles and Camilla were at Hillsborough Castle when the king accidentally signed the wrong date on a document. Upon realizing his mistake, Charles noticed that some ink from the fountain pen he was writing with transferred onto his palm. He quickly stood up and voiced his frustrations about the pen saying, “God, I hate this!”
The king’s temper continued to flare as he wiped his hand and angrily exclaimed, “I can’t bear this bloody thing! It’s what they do every stinking time!” before he disappeared from view.
Commenting on his “impatience” while Camilla tried to get her trench coat on, James told the Mirror: “Stuck with only one arm in a sleeve, Charles turned to help but only after performing a jaw-jut that signaled some frustration and growing irritation. His impatient-looking tugging of her sleeve only made things worse and, like his episodes with the pens, he seems to look behind in a state of tetchiness to get someone else from their staff to do the job instead.
“Poor Camilla is finally heaved into the coat but it’s a while before she can regain her pose and composure again and get back into her regal role.”
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