Moment Queen Camilla 'warned' King Charles caught on camera: 'Don't walk away'
The interaction was spotted by a lip reader at the timeKing Charles and Queen Camilla offered an insight into their personal relationship during Trooping the Colour in 2023.
Trooping the Colour 2025 took place on June 14. It marked the king’s third Trooping the Colour since becoming monarch in September 2022.
In 2023, King Charles saddled up for the occasion in central London, marking his first official birthday celebrations. The occasion also marked the first time a monarch had ridden a horse during the ceremony since 1986.
The king’s sister Princess Anne, his youngest brother Prince Edward, and his son Prince William also rode on horseback from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade.
The royal family at Trooping the Colour 2023
The royals later returned to the palace balcony to observe a flypast, said to have included 70 different aircraft. And that’s when an instance of Charles and Camilla the couple, rather than Charles and Camilla the royals, is said to have been spied.
Don’t walk away, you know I can’t walk on my own.
But to pick up on the intimate moment between the king and queen, royal fans will have needed razor-sharp vision.
The brief interaction was reportedly spotted by a lipreader.
What Queen Camilla said to King Charles on palace balcony
According to the Mirror, Camilla put a hand on her husband’s shoulder and pulled him back slightly as they stepped onto the balcony.
Lip reader Jeremy Freeman believed that Camilla was issuing Charles an order. The lip reader claimed at the time that Camilla told Charles: “Don’t walk away, you know I can’t walk on my own.”
Charles is reported to have replied cheekily, indicating the warmth in their relationship: “Oh deary me.”
Buckingham Palace was contacted for comment.
Trooping the Colour 2025 celebrations
Trooping the Colour is an annual event in the royal calendar. The event has marked the official birthday of the British Sovereign for over 260 years.
During the occasion, thousands of parading soldiers and hundreds of horses and musicians come together. Members of the public line the streets to catch a glimpse of the royal family during the military parade.
Following a procession, the event finishes with an RAF flypast as members of the monarchy watch from the Buckingham Palace balcony.
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2025 marked the king’s third Trooping the Colour since he became monarch in September 2022.
Royal family members who attended included the king and queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the king’s sister Princess Anne.
We also saw Prince William and Kate’s three children – George, 12, Charlotte, 10, and Louis, seven, – attend as they have done in previous years.
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