Kate Middleton used ‘gestures’ to guide children during Trooping the Colour

Kate Middleton has all the best mom tricks up her sleeve as he expertly handled her naughty third-born, Prince Louis.

According to body language expert, Judi James, who told Fabulous that the Princess of Wales has “firm but subtle signals” to ensure the children keep feeling enthusiastic and be on their best behaviour as well, via Express UK.

“She beamed with pride when Louis started miming drumming along with the band in the carriage,” James noted. “Talking to her children there were a couple of gestures of what looked like guidance about when to wave.”

She continued, “There was also a spreading gesture of both hands that would normally mean quite a severe message of when to stop or what not to do, too. She also put her hands below public view in the carriage to mime that ‘stop’ or ‘end’ sign to them as though warning them where the boundaries were, and on the way back she was doing small reward nods and smiles for their good behaviour, to ensure they were enjoying the event too.”

James pointed out that Princess Charlotte was a big help too, as she told Louis to ‘sit up’ while Louis ‘pulled up straight away with no murmur of dissent or argument.’

Kate then leaned forward to straighten his tie. “It’s very sweet to see how he responds quickly to orders from his sister.”

James also explained that Charlotte was “mirroring” Kate when it came to Louis. “As Louis sat between his two siblings Charlotte watched Kate carefully and when Kate leant forward to speak to her small son it was Charlotte immediately using one hand to signal that he should budge up in the seat.”

As for the appearance on the balcony, Kate and William were working as a team to offer encouragement and reward gestures and rituals to their three children.

For Louis, James said that he turned to his mother in excitement during the flypast. He got “a beaming smile as a reward and an affectionate approval gesture as she stroked his hair.”