As the newly-crowned King Charles waved to adoring crowds with his wife Queen Camilla on the Buckingham Palace balcony he joked about not “getting too close” to the edge in case the fire service might have to rescue him, a lip reader has claimed.
Tens of thousands turned out in central London to see the pomp and pageantry last weekend, with the monarchs processing through the streets in the Gold State Coach and taking to the balcony in their glittering crowns.
Elisabeth Taunton, a professional lipreader, told the Mirror that Charles said: “I’m not going to get too close [to the front] so the fire service have to (…run in) rescue me”.
The Queen then gestured to the young royals on her left, saying: “Move… move up, go on, come here, move up”, then added in reference to her gown: “Just drop it”.
Charles then waved to the crowds gathered below, as the camera panned out to the gates of the palace.
The revelation comes after Buckingham Palace said that the King and Queen were “deeply touched” by the nation’s celebration of their historic Coronation.
