Camilla looked furious at Trooping the Colour

As someone who is a pretty adept lip reader, having been hearing impaired from childhood, I have to say that anyone who claims they can lip read a passing comment caught on camera, is talking rubbish.😬

The shape and motion of the lips are only a part of speech in English and lip reading is rather misnamed because it relies on other facial features, expressions and gestures as well as a ckear, close view view of the mouth.

What is also needed is context because many different words will will produce the same lip shapes and many sounds have no lip shape at all.

One of my favourite stories is a deaf person at a family dinner who said “This is delicious, what is it?” as one by one her family gaped at her across the table.

As she said afterwards, If only they had said, “Its hare, not rabbit I would have got it.” Everyone just telling her Hare was no help.

Give it a try😬😀

Who can say ‘untrue’ when a newspaper prints ‘lip reader said etc ‘ ?

I agree that this latest habit of lip reading is pretty dreadful, particularly in the case of children. I can't understand newspapers accepting this obvious invasion of privacy, but of course money is king!!!

I'm another one who was told 'Cheer up, it might never happen!' That was at a party, when I was feeling perfectly happy. It's the way my face goes. If Camilla smiled all the time people would say she was grinning like an idiot. Look at the flak poor Karmala Harris got.

The King didn't look frail for his age and ill health he looked pretty good, and the Queen didn't look furious! A bit solemn maybe, but nothing wrong in that. I agree about the protesters, it's the sight and rudeness of these people that makes me and my family staunch royalists. I think the late Queen and P.P would feel very proud of Charles, as he has certainly inherited her stoicism and tenacity for the job he now has. I certainly feel proud of them both.

Does that mean the King is a labourite? 😃

Bluecat

I am not a Royal ist but I did think that Princess Kate looked lovely. Turquoise may be the colour of Reform (odd choice for a political party, don't you think?) but it really suited her.

I'm wearing a turquoise t shirt today!!
😁

Yes, Reform needs to go back to the drawing board.

I am not a Royal ist but I did think that Princess Kate looked lovely. Turquoise may be the colour of Reform (odd choice for a political party, don't you think?) but it really suited her.

Trooping the Colour, not Trooping of the Colour.

FranP

GrannyGravy13

OldFrill

I found the Princess of Wales' support for Reform rather odd.

In that case she shouldn’t wear red - Labour, blue - Conservatives, yellow - Lib Dem’s, green - for the greens etc. …

I work on the elections and we have to be very careful what we wear. (No red, pink, yellow, orange, green, purple, blue - Now turquoise is off the permitted colours too.

Even if you're an Irish Guard? 😯

GrannyGravy13

OldFrill

I found the Princess of Wales' support for Reform rather odd.

In that case she shouldn’t wear red - Labour, blue - Conservatives, yellow - Lib Dem’s, green - for the greens etc. …

I work on the elections and we have to be very careful what we wear. (No red, pink, yellow, orange, green, purple, blue - Now turquoise is off the permitted colours too.

No wonder Harry and Megan left, nit picking posts …..leave them alone, please!

Sorry, slightly off-piste. I really, really dislike the latest trend of lip reading everything being said. Isn't it enough that people can tear apart their relationships, their clothes, the way they walk and talk, without knowing every word they utter. It's not as if any of them is going to say 'I never said that, what I said was...'

To me it's the equivalent of listening in on a phone call, or reading someone's text messages, or hiding behind the door to overhear a conversation. Just because we can, doesn't mean we have to do.

I wonder if this has come from a ridiculous American fb site about the British RF. They like to make stuff up...pretending they're 'in the know'. Absolute drivel.

I would say almost everyone looks “ serious “ when they are not smiling , but that’s not to say that we feel/ are serious it’s the way human faces tend look . We can’t all be happy & smiling every minute of every hour , there comes a time when we need to relax our faces . . Poor Queen Camilla being pulled apart just because she can’t keep smiling all through the Trooping of the Colour . Has anyone ever kept smiling all through a “ happy “ event like “ mother of the bride “ at wedding for instance just so that everyone thinks that they are happy and enjoying every minute of every hour of the day . I don’t think it’s humanly possible .

I watched it after reading your post OP and I don’t understand what you mean.

Barbadosbelle

And me.

I think that crossstitchfan has been on the lunchtime sherry!

I wish! 😀

Aldom

Crossstichfan if you still want to move your thread from Pets just report the thread and ask GN to move it to Chat, possibly?

Thank you!

Apparently a lip-reader believed she had seen the King saying something was ‘a disgrace’. I was intrigued although it may not be correct. I wonder if he was referring to the anti-monarchist demonstrators. If he was, I agree with him. I know not everyone is in favour of the monarchy but their shouting was rude and horrible, especially if they did it as the children passed by, and they certainly startled some of the horses. I think the police should have moved them on.

A small wholemeal loaf!

Why do people have to make something out of nothing? Catherine wearing turquoise - what about if she was wearing red (Labour's colour???) So ridiculous!!

What ridiculous poppycock
😁 well said!

GrannyGravy13

I have just had a quick Google and the latest figures show that the Royal family cost each U.K. citizen £1.29 in the year 2023-2024.

Money well spent as far as I am concerned.

😯

I could have bought nearly half a cup of coffee for that!!

Pleeeeasse it was hot and they were on fully display in formal clothes plus they are in their late 70s and both with health issues . Give her a break . As for the POW supporting any political party by her choice of the colour of her outfit . Words fail me . What ridiculous poppycock .

I have just had a quick Google and the latest figures show that the Royal family cost each U.K. citizen £1.29 in the year 2023-2024.

Money well spent as far as I am concerned.