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His royal smileness saved Grandpa's day
Sunday Express
|May 14, 2023
FROM bishops to the King, day after day of Coronation rehearsals were taking their toll until royal rascal Prince Louis stepped in to lift the mood.
A well-placed source said that after hours spent sitting on hard pews, bishops fluffed their lines and text from Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953 was used instead of an updated version.
Even the normally jovial King Charles was looking worn down and glum, sitting on his throne in Westminster Abbey.
But then he spotted his grandson Prince Louis standing beside him, which lifted everyone's spirits in the same way five-year-old as the brought joy to millions of TV viewers on the day of the Coronation.
This story is from the May 14, 2023 edition of Sunday Express.
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