A lip reader has revealed Prince Louis' pressing question for the Queen yesterday as they stood on the Buckingham Palace balcony during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations. #HM70#PlatinumJubilee
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The four-year-old and his great grandmother shared an adorable exchange during the RAF flypast yesterday (Thursday) that ended with a spectacular display by the Red Arrows.
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The Queen was joined on the balcony by 18 royals including Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children Prince George and Princess Charlotte. #PlatinumJubilee
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It seems Louis was eager to know one thing. According to Jeremy Freeman, an expert in lipreading, Louis asked: "Are the Red Arrows coming?" To which the Queen very dryly replied: "I hope so."
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When the Red Arrows did show up and painted the sky red, white and blue, Mr Freeman says the youngster exclaimed: "Yes yes yes."
He also added that the Queen then said: "There it is" before Louis added: "Oh Red Arrows - whoah."
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Meanwhile, Mr Freeman also picked up on another exchange when young Louis was seen covering his ears as planes roared over Buckingham Palace in the shape of the number 70 - the number of years in the Queen's reign. #HM70
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He says that on seeing this, the Queen said: "Ohh fun" with Kate saying "amazing" and Charlotte adding "Wow". #platinumjubilee2022
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As Louis covered his ears, Mr Freeman says he said: "Whoah - that was loud", while a proud Kate said to Prince William "look at him" - about their young son.
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