Prince William and Kate Middleton recently attended Crown Prince Hussein’s wedding in Jordan, where William was caught rushing Kate while she was chatting to bride Rajwa Alseif. In a moment captured on camera and published by the Daily Mail earlier this month, William seemingly said “chop chop” and “let’s keep it going” as he waited for Kate to wrap up her conversation.
Body language expert Judi James analyzed the footage for The Express, saying “This is not one of his finest moments when it comes to either body language or words. While he has clearly moved on from the meet and greet with the bride and groom, Kate stands talking to the bride in an animated and very friendly way. She is not causing a ‘log jam’ but holding up the queue and the next guests are still talking to the groom, so there appears to be no logical reason for William to hurry his wife along, especially as she only adds a few seconds to the conversation. Whether he says ‘chop chop’ his hand gesture alone is bad enough, with a winding gesture that would normally imply that time is running out.”
James also noted that “it has to be said that his behavior is overly dominant here, with his critical parent behavior putting her firmly in the implied role of naughty child.”
On top of that, “He could have walked back to stand beside his wife and used a subtle tie sign, like a small pat of the waist or back. Most couples have subtle rituals that they use to communicate silently in public that don’t entail any obvious impatience and the Wales’s are normally very adept at these techniques.”
I mean, watch the video yourself over here, but….
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