A body language expert has claimed that Prince Harry was “red with anger” after Meghan Markle’s “exaggerated” curtsy when she met the late Queen Elizabeth II for the first time.
Meghan Markle acted out the “surreal” experience of meeting Prince Harry’s grandmother for the first time – but he wasn’t impressed
A Royal commentator has noted that “Prince Harry’s face said it all” when Meghan Markle exaggerated a curtsy while recounting her first encounter with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
In the Netflix docuseries ‘Harry and Meghan’ released last year, the Duchess of Sussex described the “surreal” experience of meeting Harry’s grandmother for the first time. She shared: “It’s surreal. It wasn’t like some big moment of like, ‘Now you’re going to meet my grandmother. “I didn’t know I was going to meet her until moments before. We were in the car driving up, and he’s like ‘You know how to curtsy right? ‘ And I thought he was joking.”
While discussing the event, Meghan demonstrated an exaggerated curtsy while seated, humorously saying: “Pleasure to meet you, your Majesty,” with Prince Harry looking on.
Prince Harry watches Meghan curtsy
Kinsey Schofield, a Royal expert, suggested that the Duchess was “playing dumb” during the episode and noted that Harry seemed unamused by his wife’s dramatization of the event.. Ms Schofield said: “Prince Harry’s face says it all.”
The observation of the Duke’s apparent unease was echoed by body language expert Jesus Enrique Rosas, who analyzed his reaction on his YouTube channel. Mr Rosas said: “The first part of Harry’s reaction tells me that he knew what was coming. He is serious even if Meghan is speaking quickly, joyfully but there’s no connection, no empathy in him.”
The expert emphasized signs of Prince Harry’s seriousness, possibly even anger, saying: “He is serious and maybe even angry, notice what happens with his throat, he is swallowing at that moment.” The body language analyst highlighted Prince Harry’s apparent “contempt” for Meghan’s dramatization, focusing on a blush that rushed over Harry as Meghan made an overly intentional bow. “He is looking at Meghan and he displays contempt. A split second after that, he looks away and presses his jaw. You can see the patches of red on his face are much redder on the cheeks, the bridge of the nose, the temples it could be that he feels ashamed or angry.”
Lastly, Mr Rosas tried to interpret Prince Harry’s emotions, noting: “I’m going to tell you why this is covert anger and not [Harry being] ashamed. If he was ashamed, he would have smiled a bit more, or [had] a nervous laughter.” In conclusion, he said: “But he knew what was coming and he couldn’t stand it – that he had that face at the beginning and had that subtle swallow right before Meghan did the curtsy.”
