This Saturday’s Trooping the Colour reminded us how, when it boils down to it, the Royals are just a normal, bonkers family, like ours.
A brief moment between Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, showed that the sister-in-laws are just that, sharing a chat and a giggle on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
The grandchildren of the Queen proved that, whether blue blood runs through their veins or not, these kids are as mischievous as the rest.
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Charlotte, middle child of Kate and Wills, stumbled on a step and was cuddled by her Alexander McQueen-wearing mother (ok, so they aren’t totally normal).
Cousin Savannah Phillps was probably star of the show, sarcastically conducting the music and clamping a hand over Prince George’s face as he sung, classic 7-year-old behaviour.
Another moment we totally missed at the time, however, was Prince Harry talking his apparently nervous new bride through the pomp and circumstance of the day.
The Mirror’s lip-reader explains that, whilst the family prepared themselves on the balcony, Harry was giving words of encouragement to the American former-actress, even slipping in a classic Harry joke.
According to their expert, Harry asked the Suits star whether she was, 'Okay?' she responded, 'yeah, are you?' then moment later admitted she was 'nervous'.
In a move to apparently calm he down he appears to say that he will explain things as they happen,'Errr. When you get into it I'll tell you more later.'
He tells the Duchess, who was wearing a Carolina Herrera top and skirt, 'Then there's the flypast,' before joking, 'and then we all look up to the sky.'
Way to point out the obvious bro.
Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
