Advisers say to ‘assume the cameras are always rolling’ as exchanges can be decoded in seconds and posted online
Royals and celebrities are being warned by their representatives and advisers to watch what they say when they are out of the house – or palace – as a lip-reading phenomenon means videos can be posted online and translated in seconds.
Prince William was recently embroiled after a video of him speaking to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was translated by an expert lip-reader who was working as part of a forthcoming Channel 5 documentary, Lip-Reading the Royals.
The video, according to the lip-reader, allegedly shows Mountbatten-Windsor attempting to apologise to his nephew, who brushes it off. It is claimed Mountbatten-Windsor said: “I’ve learnt from what I’ve done, but before I forget, and if I can, I’d like to ask you if you can forgive?” This was met with silence.
The disgraced royal relinquished his royal titles in October after new information came to light about his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and child sexual abuse offender.
