A lip reader has revealed what Kate, Princess of Wales, said to her children and other members of the royal family during her first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis. The princess rode in a covered carriage with her three children on Saturday to watch the Trooping the Colour, an annual military parade to mark the official birthday of King Charles. Kate, wearing a pale outfit decorated with a white and navy ribbon by fashion designer Jenny Packham and a broad-brimmed matching hat by milliner Philip Treacy, watched the ceremony from a window overlooking the parade ground.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today She pointed out aspects of the event to her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis while Charles saluted passing troops from a covered dais on the parade ground itself. The King and Queen, as well as William, Kate and other members of the royal family later returned to Buckingham Palace to watch a military fly-past from the balcony. As Royal Air Force planes flew over Kate said, “They have all dispersed”, according to lip reader Gaby Lane, who spoke to The Sun .
Louis shouted, “Papa, Papa, Papa, look at all that colour”, while Kate told King Charles: “There are so many people.” Lane also said Charlotte told off her little brother Louis during the national anthem, telling him to “put your hands down”. Earlier in the morning as Kate and her family travelled down the Mall she pointed out the signs and banners fans had.
