King Charles’s three-word order to Camilla after being met with protestors outside event

King Charles and Queen Camilla led the Royal Family at the Commonwealth Day service.

King Charles and Queen Camilla led the royals at the service (Image: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

King Charles led the Royal Family at a Commonwealth Day service on Monday; however, the greeting he received outside Westminster Abbey may not have been what he was hoping for. As the royals turned up for the service, protestors gathered by the Abbey, with many shouting chants related to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s latest scandals.

While the Royal Family did not react to this, it will no doubt have bothered them to an extent. However, this did not seem to stop them from enjoying the service and greeting each other with wide smiles.

After entering Westminster Abbey yesterday, King Charles enthusiastically greeted his royal relatives, including his son Prince William, daughter-in-law Princess Catherine, and sister Princess Anne.

However, after a few moments of pleasantries, the monarch was spotted giving a slightly snappy three-word order to his wife, Queen Camilla, just before the service was to begin, suggesting some stress may have been present.

As reported by The Mirror, expert lip reader Jeremy Freeman analysed footage from Westminster Abbey and noted that the King told his wife: “Quick, over here.”

This happened just moments before the service was about to begin, and after the greetings had been done.

While the order may have seemed blunt, it is believed the King was overall happy to be at the service, which this year was not televised by the BBC.

The service was not televised by the BBC this year (Image: Getty Images)

In a passionate statement about the Commonwealth over the weekend, Charles wrote: “We join together on this Commonwealth Day at a time of great challenge and great possibility. Across our world, communities and nations face the increasing pressures of conflict, climate change and rapid transformation.

“Yet it is often in such testing moments that the enduring spirit of the Commonwealth is most clearly revealed.

“Ours is a remarkable association that spans every ocean and continent. Embracing an extraordinary diversity of culture, language and faith, our Commonwealth family is united by shared values of justice, democracy, opportunity, compassion and mutual respect.

“In a world that can feel increasingly fragmented, this voluntary union of free association remains rare and precious – a forum for open and honest discussion and debate to help improve the lives of the nearly three billion people who call our Member States home.”