Judi opined: “The fact that she will not be coming to the Coronation with him to offer the same levels of support and hand-holding is just a bit more poignant.”
This behaviour of “close-up and adoring monitoring of your husband” while he makes a speech does have “a very high-status precedent though,” the expert explained.
She commented that in the US, for instance, it has always been quite common to see First Ladies “stand gazing dreamily at their husbands while they make addresses from the White House”, such as Nancy Regan, who was the “absolute queen of the loving, supportive gaze while President Regan was addressing the nation”.
