With just one gesture, Prince William defused the offense caused to the Royal Family by Macron. — Transcript

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1. 0:00Did you notice how Prince William with
2. 0:02just a single gesture managed to diffuse
3. 0:04an offense caused by Emmanuel Macron
4. 0:07toward the royal family? When William
5. 0:08and Kate met Macron at the airport, the
6. 0:10French president bypassed royal protocol
7. 0:13by kissing the Princess of Wales' hand.
8. 0:15To uphold [clears throat] the dignity of
9. 0:16the monarchy, William chose to remain
10. 0:18composed, yet one of Macron's actions
11. 0:21crossed [music] the line. When King
12. 0:22Charles invited Macron to inspect the
13. 0:24royal guard, Macron walked ahead of the
14. 0:26king as if he were the British monarch
15. 0:29himself. This made King Charles appear
16. 0:30as though he were a subordinate to
17. 0:32Macron, a scene that did not go
18. 0:34unnoticed by Prince William, who was
19. 0:35watching from a distance. [music] As
20. 0:37Macron passed by him again, William shot
21. 0:39him a sharp, stern look, already
22. 0:41contemplating how to respond. Later,
23. 0:43while viewing the royal collection,
24. 0:45Macron seemed to expect a compliment
25. 0:47from William. Instead, William turned to
26. 0:49engage with other members of the French
27. 0:51delegation, pointedly ignoring Macron.
28. 0:54Seeing this, Queen Camilla stepped in to
29. 0:56explain the exhibits [music] to Macron,
30. 0:57attempting to ease the tension. But in
31. 0:59William's eyes, this gesture amounted to
32. 1:02nothing more than sycophancy. Do you
33. 1:03support Prince William's