Prince Charles 'moaned' to Camilla at State Opening of Parliament, lip reader says

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Prince Charles 'moaned' to Camilla he made a historic appearance at the State Opening of Parliament, a lip reader claims.The Prince of Wales was in Westminster delivering the Queen's speech on her behalf today (Tuesday, May 10) after mobility issues forced her to pull out of the formal tradition.According to top lip reader, Jeremy Freeman, as Charles stepped out of his car he gave his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall an honest assessment of their journey, the Mirror reports.Dressed in his Admiral of the Fleet uniform, medals and honour insignia, Charles began walking through the Sovereign's entrance when he issued a complaint, Mr Freeman says.He told the Mirror, says as they got out of the car, Charles told Camilla: "Oh my word that was uncomfortable".Shortly afterwards, Charles could be seen gesturing to Camilla, appearing to tell her what side she should be standing on.And according to Jeremy, as he points out where Camilla should stand, he says: "Your side."Meanwhile a few minutes later as Charles greets officers lining the route to the throne room, he approaches the last one and says: "I hope you're well."The officer then leans forward as he didn't hear the remark and according to Jeremy says: "What, sorry?"Charles the repeats what he said to the officer, who replies: "Well, yes I'm trying." Charles and son Prince William jointly opened Parliament on the Queen’s behalf as Counsellors of State after the monarch delegated the important duty to them.

For the speech, the 73-year-old prince sat not on the sovereign’s throne, which had been removed, but on the consort’s throne, which used to be occupied by his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, and which Charles has used in recent years.A space remained next to him, where the.