Princess Kate’s Gentle Guidance to Her Children at Trooping the Colour 2025: A Sweet Mother-Daughter Moment
The Princess of Wales was seen chatting animatedly with her children throughout the Trooping the Colour procession.
An expert has revealed one of the sweet exchanges between Catherine and her daughter, Princess Charlotte, ten, as they set off from Buckingham Palace.
According to Nicola Hickling, a professional LipReader, Catherine is seen giggling and nodding with her daughter before Charlotte responds shyly: “I did, oh my goodness.”
Placing her hand gently on Charlotte’s lap, Nicola tells that Catherine asks her: “You will see lots of riders on horses today. Would you like to wave to the children as we pass? There’s lots of horse here, which is your favourite?”
As the royals made their way down The Mall to Horse Guards Parade from the palace, Nicola says that Prince George was seen saying: “It’s so sunny, I am squinting.”
The youngster was later seen sneezing as the Waleses arrived at Horse Guards Parade.
While Catherine took her place on the dais alongside the King and Queen to watch the military spectacle, George, Charlotte and Louis saw the proceedings from a ministry of defence building overlooking Horse Guards Parade.
After returning to the palace in the carriage procession and waving at the crowds, the royals appeared on the balcony to watch the flypast.
Matching mother and daughter
The Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte matched in aquamarine outfits, with Catherine wearing a Catherine Walker coatdress with a contrasting white lapel and cuffs.
Charlotte sported a flutter-sleeve frock with a white bow sash and a trim around the collar, teaming her ensemble with ballet pumps.
Catherine accessorised with a teal Juliette Botterill hat, her Irish Guards regimental brooch and the late Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond and pearl earrings, while Charlotte also donned a family heirloom.
The youngster had a pearl horseshoe-shaped brooch pinned to her dress – with the jewel originally belonging to the late Queen Mother.