It's amazing how many body language details you can get from just a few minutes of footage.
But in the case of Harry and Meghan's wedding, this 9 second clip shows so many signals that it
deserves a deep analysis:
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This clip is so fascinating because it includes perfect examples of body language signals
that I've analyzed in other videos, including the Markle Claw, The Markle Mask and Harry's
obsession with his wedding ring.
And these are the kind of signals that are extremely hard to spot on the fly and the
only way to dissect them is watching the clip in high resolution, slow motion.
Now, the first thing that you should notice is Meghan's resting face that you can spot
on the very first frame of this clip.
That's the face she wanted to show the world, and, to give her some credit, she had a very
pleasant smile at that moment.
It doesn't look forced at all, and very balanced.
Then, she lowers her gaze to look at Harry's hand while she puts the wedding ring.
That's sealing the deal, and I bet she could not be more excited at that moment.
Even so, she manages to keep her composure and show another well balanced smile.
It's a bit more intense than her prior resting face, and of course it must be thanks to the
emotion of the moment.
So, we are three seconds in, just six seconds left... and thanks to whoever was directing
the camera angles we have the privilege to spot what happened next.
She was still holding Harry's left hand with HER left hand, and at the same time she was
placing her right hand over.
This was not Meghan trying to show her ring.
This was actually the camera director's idea to include a shot of their hands so we could
see that bonding moment.
Possibly the most important part of any wedding.
But then, she lets go with her left hand and at the same time her right hand tries to circle
Harry's hand, with the intention of grabbing it.
You can clearly spot in this exact frame the Markle Claw trying to do its thing.
But Harry deflects the claw, and Meghan's hand keeps hovering a few frames until she
decides to drop it.
Now, you might be thinking.
No big deal, right?
what could happen in just four seconds left?
Well... you'll be surprised:
When we go back to the plane where we can see Harry and Meghan's faces, we see a huge
difference between both attitudes.
Harry has a slight smile on his face, that's good, he feels great about already having
the wedding ring on his finger, but... what about Meghan?
That balanced smile just disappeared.
And she's tilting her head down despite the Archbishop looking in her direction.
I cannot say that he was looking directly at her, but his head's direction is enough
to realize that Meghan could, at least, establish eye contact with him.
But before I explain what is going to happen with Meghan's face in just half a second,
you can't help but notice that Harry hasn't had his wedding ring for... what?
three, four seconds? and he already reaches out to touch it.
If you've been following my videos, you already know that Harry touching his wedding ring
is already a gesture that he does when he's nervous.
And that's almost all the time.
But HERE you are looking at the absolute first instance of that gesture, right at the wedding
itself.
Now, back to Meghan's facial expression.
She doesn't just keep her head down.
She's going to show three signals on her face and we are going to review them one by one.
This time I'm going to include various sizes of her facial expression, because when you
really zoom in a video that doesn't have enough quality, it could be actually HARDER to spot
these kind of movements.
And this is the original footage from the Royal Family Channel, so this is the best
version out there.
Watch the clip in slow motion and try to define what is going on, specifically with her mouth:
Yeah, at first you see that despite her previous smile is absolutely gone, her face is relaxed.
There's a neutral expression, or... no expression if you feel like calling it that way.
But just a split second later she displays a sign of covert anger.
She presses her lips and clenches her jaw.
I cases like this, where you have to make it from a low quality video, it helps to know
that when you press your lips, the corners tend to disappear a little, and the mouth
looks a bit smaller.
So, that's something that you can spot despite the video quality.
Right after that, I think Meghan noticed that she was having this facial display of covert
anger, since she being an actress that's part of her job, being self aware of the emotions
that she displays on her face, and she tries to pull her lips backwards.
Like trying to relax her face.
The problem is that we already know what does her relaxed face looks like.
And this is not like it.
This is her trying to hide that covert anger.
These facial details could be hard to spot, but you can refine your observation skills
with my 100 body language tips that you can download right in the description of this
video.
But there was only one thing that could soften her facial expression, and it's what happened
next:
It's obvious that Meghan's covert anger expression was a reaction to Harry pulling away his hand
to touch his wedding ring.
It seems that she really wanted to show the world that this man was hers.
Hellbent of showing this display of affection whatever it takes.
So, after trying to vent her frustration, she knew that there was only one thing left
to do: Go and grab that hand, girl.
And grab that hand she did.
At that moment, Harry had another clear display of nervousness, lowering his head and covering
his mouth with his hand...
He looked really insecure.
So that's the instant that Meghan went and, with a quick look to confirm where was Harry's
left hand, went and grabbed it.
We cannot see the actual hand grab, but look at Meghan's body and arm reaching out for
Harry.
She turns her body a little, she flexes her arm so her hand is at the height of Harry's,
and keeps an eye so as not to miss.
Now we know that her Markle Claw is laser-guided.
And then, just one second left.
Please be advised that watching the following clip can be nightmare fuel.
And it's how Meghan's face changes, instantly, to what looks like a smile, but it's nowhere
near the balanced smile we saw eight seconds ago.
This time she's showing her upper teeth, her brows are raised and her cheeks are really
tense.
Just to be clear, even if it looks disturbingly similar to Sheldon's Joker smile, this could
be a perfectly nice full smile.
It has all the ingredients of a genuine smile.
But the problem is Meghan's head angle.
She is tilting her head down, and... it should be no big deal, right?
Well, I'm going to suggest that you try this very funny exercise.
Maybe you can do it right now.
Stand in front of a mirror, looking directly at yourself.
Then, put the best smile you can, and once you have that beautiful smile on your face...
lower your head.
Yeah, you're gonna look like straight out of a Stanley Kubrick movie.
That's why Meghan's face looks so unsettling, because that's a classic archetype of how
we usually depict psychopaths or dangerous people.
Smiling and tilting their heand down.
And what is so strange is that smiling is a social act.
The more open or intense your smile, the more you want to show it.
If you're shy, you're not going to hide it directly to your chest, but instead, you're
going to turn to one side and avoiding eye contact.
Again, if you do that exercise in the mirror, you'll understand instantly what I mean.
A full smile, lowering your chin and keeping eye contact is something that only appeals
to Hannibal Lecter.
These nine seconds tell the whole story of Harry and Meghan.
He is insecure, she is constatly trying to control him, and those odd facial expressions...
really, do not help.
AT ALL.
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