There were plenty of creeps in St George’s Chapel on Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding day.
The ceremony was watched by almost two billion viewers worldwide and hordes of well-wishers lined the streets of Windsor to catch sight of the newlyweds.
But the Queen, known by those closest to her for her sharp wit, used humour as an attempt to alleviate some of the nerves of the day.
To celebrate the couple’s seven-year wedding anniversary, he announced a video revealing behind-the-scenes details of the day on his TikTok page.
He admitted being anxious to impress the family and asked Harry for tips.
The prince reportedly told him: ‘My grandparents have taken so many pictures in their lives, it’s not their fun part. If you don’t get it quickly, they’re just going to move out.’
And Harry wasn’t wrong.
Royal biographer Ingrid Seward once recorded that the Queen was ‘a master of the understatement delivered in her best deadpan voice’.
Prince Philip has a long history of losing his temper while waiting for photographers, once even swearing on camera.
During the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain in 2015 Philip let slip a swear word during a photocall.
According to American photographer Annie Leibovitz, the monarch was not always a happy family – which was recorded in the BBC documentary ‘A Year with the Queen’.
In March 2007, Leibovitz had hoped to record the Queen at Windsor Castle astride one of her many horses.
Instead, she was offered 25 minutes at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen seemingly arrived late and was described as being ‘perturbed’, saying: ‘I don’t have much time.’
And it seems a lack of patience with photographers could run in the family.
In 2005, Charles commented on the photographer without realising his microphone was live while on a skiing holiday in Switzerland with his sons William and Harry.
He was heard whispering ‘Bloody people,’ ‘I hate doing this,’and commenting specifically on a BBC royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell, saying: ‘I can’t bear that man. He’s so awful, he really is.’
These comments became viral and led to some conflicts, with his press secretary later saying he regretted his remarks.
The photographer wasn’t the only person who was nervous on the Sussexes’ wedding day.
As soon as Harry entered St George’s Chapel on May 19, 2018, body language expert Judi James could tell he was riddled with nerves.
Harry ‘was so patently nervous’ that Ms James counted as he performed 12 self-touching body checks including wringing his hands, fiddling with his gloves and tugging at his blue doeskin frockcoat – all of which suggest extreme anxiety.
