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Prince Harry had a "touch of nerves" as he watched wife Meghan Markle deliver a powerful speech, according to a body language expert.
The Duchess of Sussex joined a star-studded celebrity panel at SXSW Festival on Friday as she opened up about cruel trolling she received while a working member of the Royal Family. Meghan got candid about her 'painful' experience online while pregnant with the couple's children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Her husband Harry watched from the front row at the event in Austin, Texas, smiling as Meghan spoke so openly about 'toxic' social media. Exclusively analysing images from the show, expert Judi James tells The Mirror that Harry looked "empathetic".
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Meghan delivered a speech about trolling online (Gary Miller/Getty Images)"Sitting in the stalls at Meghan's panel session, Harry throws a look of beaming pride and even seems to do that loyal thing of clapping a little longer than most of the audience," Judi explained after snaps showed him smiling as he watched his wife.
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"Harry got his shout-out from his wife too. At one point it looked as though she winked at her husband but then there was the very touching verbal praise for the man who she felt 'blessed' to have and who she called an 'incredible partner and hands-on dad'."
Meghan spoke about Harry when she said, "Amongst the privileges that I have in my life, I have an incredible partner. My husband is such a hands on dad and such a supporter of me and our family, and that I don't take for granted. That is a real blessing."
Judi revealed that Harry's mouth movements look "rather like a touch of nerves" but noted it's "unlikely he would feel any anxiety for his more-than-confident wife". She explained: "This might be an empathetic reaction then, prompted by his own well-documented anxiety before delivering a speech."
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Harry watched from the front row at SXSW on Friday (Getty Images)She concluded: "If so, it would signal that Harry was mentally sharing the experience with Meghan as she took to the stage to speak and putting his own emotional interpretation of how it might feel to be up there."
Judi wasn't the only one to notice just how proud Harry looked as Meghan spoke passionately in front of thousands. Fans flocked to X, formally Twitter, after watching the Duchess' speech play out on a livestream on YouTube.
"A good man stands by his wife and supports her in all her endeavours. Prince Harry is a good husband. #SXSW," wrote one user. While someone else commented: "The way Prince Harry loves Meghan and their babies has made her love him even more. Honestly, this ginger won’t even let me get a chance at her and I hate it."
"Harry's face while watching Meghan's speech at the conference," another noted. During her talk, Meghan explained: "Social media is an environment that I think has a lot of [bullying], you know. It's really interesting as I can reflect on it.
"I keep my distance on it right now, just for my own wellbeing," she told attendees. "But the bulk of the bullying and abuse that I was experiencing in social media and online, was when I was pregnant with Archie and with Lili. And you just think about that and really wrap your head around what people would be so hateful."