Trooping the Colour was once the largest public gathering of royals of the year, with more than 40 members of the Firm jostling for position on the Buckingham Palace balcony during the flypast.Now, the sparse group is made up of working royals only, but there's one member of the family who probably breathes a sigh of relief that she doesn't have to attend anymore.The Duchess of Sussex took part in the King's official birthday celebrations twice during her short stint as a working royal before moving back to the US.The first time around there was an awkward moment with her sister-in-law Kate over an ill-timed joke and criticism over her outfit.A year later, Prince Harry seemingly snapped at Meghan and told her to 'turn around', according to a lip reader, proving how fraught the politics of being on the balcony could get.The former Suits actress made her balcony debut at Trooping the Colour on June 9, 2018 – just three weeks after marrying Prince Harry at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.The Sussexes had returned from their honeymoon in the Mediterranean just in time to attend the Queen's 92nd birthday parade, and Meghan was undoubtedly hoping to impress royal fans and the Firm alike at the high-profile event.Footage from the day captured Meghan telling her husband, the Duke of Sussex, that she was 'nervous', a lip reader claimed – but the main criticism levelled at Meghan at the time related to her 'inappropriate' outfit.Meghan picked a custom, blush pink Carolina Herrera dress with an off-shoulder neckline, which she paired with a matching wide-brimmed fascinator from Philip Treacy.At the time, some royal commentators and fans felt Meghan had flouted the regal dress code by choosing the contemporary, shoulder-bearing gown. Meghan on the balcony of Buckingham Palace alongside Kate at Trooping the Colour in 2018 The Duchess of Sussex with Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour in 2019, weeks after she gave birth to Prince Archie It was a striking departure from the typically demure looks normally worn to official engagements, with the then-Duchess of Cambridge Kate opting for a more modest pale blue dress from British designer Alexander McQueen for the occasion.By the time she joined her in-laws on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the RAF flypast, the nerves had set in as a lip reader revealed Meghan's exchange with Harry as she stood behind her sister-in-law.I know how the Queen REALLY felt about Meghan Hi! I'm Richard Eden, Diary Editor and author of the Palace Confidential newsletter.I have spent hours looking into what Meghan Markle's relationship with the Queen was really like. And while I can tell you Meghan was welcomed with open arms, my sources have told me the Queen was very quickly concerned. Sign up here to read what I discovered At one point, when Meghan was standing on the balcony, Harry asked her if she was doing OK, to which she replied: 'Yeah.'In a second exchange, Meghan admitted to her husband that she was feeling jittery. The pair looked at each other, and the new royal blurted out 'nervous', with a smile.Harry apparently responded to his new bride with a smile, before reassuring her by saying: 'When you get into it, I'll tell you more later. Then there's the flypast, and then we all look up to the sky.'Revisiting the occasion in his controversial memoir Spare, Prince Harry wrote that everyone was 'in a good mood, upbeat' until Kate asked Meghan what she thought of her first Trooping the Colour.'And Meg joked: Colourful. And a yawning silence threatened to swallow us all whole,' Harry wrote.When she returned to the balcony for Queen Elizabeth's 93rd birthday celebrations the following year, Meghan chose a bespoke navy Givenchy dress and coat that royal fans approved of.However, the Duchess – who rushed back from maternity leave after giving birth to Prince Archie – also wore what body language experts described as an expression of nervousness as she stood in front of Prince Harry this time.Speaking to the Daily Mail, Judi James said this positioning would have made her feel 'nervous', 'isolated' and as though 'she'd lost her wing man'.'It placed him out of sight from her when it came to taking non-verbal cues to help her "get it right,"' she said. Meghan attracted criticism from royal fans for her blush pink shoulder-bearing Carolina Herrera dressAt one point, Meghan turned around to speak to Harry, with Ms James explaining she may have been 'looking for a friendly face' and hoping to join in on 'some of the small talk the others, including Harry, were engaging in'.But instead of comforting his wife with 'a loving smile' and explaining that she should not turn her back on the thousands of well-wishers gathered at Buckingham Palace, Harry seemingly snapped at Meghan and told her off as though she was a 'naughty kid'.A lip reader later decoded their brief conversation, with Harry saying 'Yes, that's right' as if answering Meghan's question before telling her to 'turn around' and 'look' while nodding pointedly towards the front of the balcony.At the time, Ms James said: 'Harry’s body language seems to do little to support or protect her.'He should have been the one royal responsible for hosting his wife in the UK and helping her navigate her way through the royal protocol rules.'Instead, when she turns, his expression seems to remain impassive, and at the second turn he appears to enforce royal protocol with a meaningful and rather authoritative eyebrow flash.'As the Duchess turns away from her husband, she appears visibly 'unhappy'.'The gesture from Harry seems to look more like the way you might urge a naughty kid,' Ms James continued. 'Her facial expression looks unhappy as she turns. Her checking rituals suggest she is clearly trying to get it right but might prefer a kindly loving smile rather than the warning raise of the eyebrows here.'After analysing the awkward footage, the body language expert said: 'It’s hard to not feel some sympathy for Meghan here.'Explaining that the former Suits actress was still adjusting to royal life, she added: 'The balcony moments are the most formal and globally visible appearances for members of The Firm.'Standing high on a balcony while the public watches and cheers from below traditionally emphasises the superiority and higher-class status of the royals, which is why they often go to great lengths to ensure they "get it right."'Even William has famously been told off by the [late] Queen for bending while on the balcony to talk to his small son, so the pressure on Meghan, who was the one sparking everyone’s interest and fascination at this stage, was intense.'Trooping the Colour in 2019 would mark Meghan's final appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony.The Sussexes officially stepped down as working royals in 2020, only returning to the UK in 2022 to introduce their children Archie and Lilibet to the late Queen before she died later that year, on September 8.