It was a rare appearance by the entire royal family on Monday to celebrate Victory in Europe Day and the fact that 80 years have gone by since Europe declared victory and marked the end of World War II on May 8, 1945. William and Kate’s appearance, alongside their children, but also King Charles and Queen Camilla, kicked off a week full of events, but none with quite the same level of pomp and circumstance as Monday’s event.
A big deal? Yes, but nothing George, Charlotte and Louis aren’t prepped for, you would assume. Still, lip reader, Nicola Hackling, who chatted with Hello! magazine following the occasion, caught the Princess of Wales helping to guide her children in real time with a simple four-word instruction: “Eyes to the sky,” Kate told them, just ahead of the RAF Red Arrows flypast.
With Prince Louis especially, she took extra care, narrating exactly what would happen to help keep him in the loop: “When the flypast comes, you will see it smoke blue, white and red,” Kate says, according to Hackling. For his part, Louis, 7, replied: “Look at the back/black one, they have lots of tanks.”