The ‘subliminal messaging’ as King Charles steps out [Video]

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When King Charles greeted members of the public on Easter Sunday, the handshakes and smiles were more than friendly greetings for a monarch making his first significant public outing since word spread of his cancer diagnosis in early February.

Charles has continued official duties, such as reviewing the state papers delivered to him in his red boxes, along with meeting politicians and ambassadors inside Buckingham Palace. There have been photos and video released of him looking at get-well cards. 

But Sunday’s appearance outside St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle held a particular significance.

“I think there’s some intended subliminal messaging that is going out with all of this, to be giving people confidence in the monarchy and the stability of the monarchy as an institution,” said Justin Vovk, a royal commentator and a PhD candidate …