Kate Middleton and Prince William shared a romantic moment during a carriage ride following their 2011 wedding, according to a lip reader.
CBS News cited professional lip reader Tina Lannin in its coverage of the royal nuptials 15 years ago. Her analysis offered new insight into the couple’s private moments during the celebration.
Lannin interpreted the couple’s private comments, which were not audible to the public, throughout the ceremony. While cameras focused closely on the pair, several moments went unnoticed by viewers but were later picked up through lip-reading analysis.
One of the most romantic of these was captured as the couple sat in the open-top 1902 State Landau carriage and rode through the streets of London, back to Buckingham Palace. The carriage was the same one used by Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981 reported the royal family’s official website.
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Lannin stated that Kate said to William, “You look happy.” Those three words reflected a quiet, intimate moment between the couple as they enjoyed the occasion.
Other moments captured by the lip reader included when William first saw Kate arriving at the head of the aisle at Westminster Abbey. The first words deciphered were by William’s brother and best man, Prince Harry.
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“Right, here she is now,” Harry told his brother. As Kate met William at the altar, he told her, “You look lovely. You look beautiful.”
William then reportedly joked with Kate’s father, Michael Middleton, about the 1900 guests who attended the wedding ceremony at the Abbey. “We’re supposed to have just a small family affair.”
Later, as Kate and William made their first appearance as a married couple on the Buckingham Palace balcony alongside other senior royals such as Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, then-Prince Charles, and Camilla Parker Bowles, they exchanged more private words.
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William appeared to ask Kate, “Alright? You’ll be okay?” She responded, “Oh I’m fine, thank you.”
The prince then commented, “There’s a lot of people down here.” He then told Kate, “Okay? Look at me, let’s kiss, okay.” They then kissed a second time, delighting the crowds in the mall below.
According to the royal family’s website, Queen Elizabeth hosted a reception for the couple and their guests at Buckingham Palace in the hours after they were married. Charles hosted a private dinner for the couple that evening.
Kate Middleton and Prince William celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary on April 29. They are parents to three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
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