Prince Harry was seen ‘mansplaining’ the concept of a royal flypast to Meghan Markle during their first Trooping The Colour after tying the knot, as detailed by a lip reader in a new documentary.
Forensic lip readers scrutinized some of the most significant royal events in recent history, ranging from the wedding of Charles and Diana to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, to disclose their ‘secret conversations’ for Channel 5’s show Lip-Reading the Royals.
Among the events featured was Trooping The Colour in 2018 following Prince Harry’s marriage to the former Suits actress at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
With the world watching Meghan’s debut on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping alongside senior members of The Firm, it appeared Prince Harry may have been conscious of any criticism when he tried to explain the proceedings to his new bride.
Lip reader Nicola Hickling said Harry was ‘explaining to her what is going to happen and that Paras will be flying overhead’ as he used ‘hand motions’ to demonstrate’ what was about to happen before Meghan acknowleged him by saying ‘OK’.
‘The lip readers have exposed him mansplaining to her what a flypast is,’ said royal analyst Cristo Foufas. ‘Is this Harry being too dumb to realise that Meghan knows that planes are in the air and, as a member of the Royal Family, you probably have to look at a few?’
Or, he continued, ‘is this Meghan playing dumb so Harry feels like he’s in charge?’
Foufas also quipped ‘that won’t last’ in a seeming reference to Meghan’s growing influence within their marriage in the years since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit the Royal Family.
Prince Harry was caught ‘mansplaining’ what a flypast is to Meghan Markle during their first Trooping The Colour after getting married, as a lip reader detailed the awkward interaction in a new documentary. The Sussexes are seen alongside Isla Phillips, Princess Anne’s granddaughter, as seen in 2018
With the world watching Meghan’s debut on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping alongside senior members of The Firm, it appeared Prince Harry may have been conscious of any criticism when he tried to explain the proceedings to his new bride
In an interview with MailOnline, royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said that Harry hasn’t yet found his own way since he and Meghan relocated to the US five years ago.
Body language expert Judi James also highlighted how Meghan appears to take the lead during the couple’s joint appearances – including their quasi-royal tour of Colombia last August that left Harry looking like the ‘Spare’ in his marriage.
The Channel 5 documentary also makes claims about a tense exchange between Harry and Meghan during the Remembrance Sunday service in 2018 when she told him to ‘take advantage of the situation’.
Hickling said Harry then asked Meghan: ‘Today?’ as she instructed him to ‘Do it tonight’.
‘You do realise that this is the end?’ the Duke then allegedly asked Meghan, who responded: ‘Yeah, I do know.’
Experts have questioned whether they were discussing plans to quit the Royal Family as early as six months after they tied the knot, with the Sussexes eventually stepping down as senior members in January 2020.
The release of the documentary comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were mocked by American cartoon Family Guy with its creators comparing their marriage to Hitler and the Crusades.
In an episode from the newest series of the animated satire, main characters Stewie and Brian Griffin go back in time and speak to Mark Twain, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Last week Mail on Sunday exclusively reported that Charles and Harry’s senior aides held a secret peace summit, marking the first significant move to resolving their rancorous family feud
The characters discuss how history ‘pretty much sucks’ before listing several instances including Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, the medieval wars in the Middle East and the former royal’s marriage.
The scene then cuts away to Prince Harry, sat at home on the sofa who moans ‘Again?’ before telling the camera that the audience’s wives are no better.
This is not the first time the Sussexes have fallen victim to Seth McFarlane’s cartoon satire and in 2023 were savaged as work-shy grifters being paid by Netflix for ‘no-one knows what’ in a reference to the couple’s multi-million dollar deal with the streamer.
Earlier this month, The Mail On Sunday revealed King Charles and Prince Harry’s most trusted aides are working to resolve the royal family feud that dates back to ‘Megxit’ – and has only intensified in the years since.
Staffers for the King and Prince Harry held a secret peace summit at a London private members’ club as part of the ‘rapproachement process’ that sources have said opens up a ‘channel of communication…for the first time in years’.
‘There’s a long road ahead, but a channel of communication is now open for the first time in years,’ said a source. ‘There was no formal agenda, just casual drinks. There were things both sides wanted to talk about.’
Harry was represented by Meredith Maines, his chief communications officer and head of his household in Montecito, California, who flew in from Los Angeles.
She met Tobyn Andreae, the King’s communications secretary, at the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) a three-minute walk from Clarence House, the monarch’s London residence.
Also present was Liam Maguire, who runs the Sussexes’ PR team in the UK.
