There May Be a Hidden Meaning Behind Prince Harry's
Odd Hand Gesture With Melania Trump
September 25, 2017 12:20 pm
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We can now add Prince
Harry to the list of celebs theorized to be shading the Trumps with their body language. Photos
making the rounds on social media show a meeting between the British royal and Melania
Trump at Toronto's Invictus Games—and it looked awkward, to put it
mildly.
Harry had his middle
finger, ring finger, and thumb tucked into his jacket for what seemed to be a
very long time. A video shows him posing for photos with the First Lady, and
then turning toward her as he keeps his fingers firmly tucked in. He's barely
smiling, and her own smile looks forced too.
Twitter users couldn't help
but notice the lack of warmth and overall weirdness of the interaction. But is
there actually any animosity between these two, or are we reading too deeply
into it? We asked Patti Wood,
body language expert and author of Snap: Making the Most of First
Impressions, Body Language, and Charisma, to weigh in.
There really was something off about Harry's body
language, Wood says. He often holds his hand in his jacket, she explains—but
never that high up, or with his fingers in such an unusual configuration. A
hand up in front of the body is known as a "comfort cue," she says.
"You're protecting vital organs." In other words, at the very least,
Harry's defenses are up.
Some also couldn't help but notice that Harry's fingers
are in a shape known as the devil's horn, which is meant to ward off evil
spirits or diseases. "That is actually the devil's horn," says Wood.
"Whether that's intentional or not, I don't know." She added that it
isn't a position your hand naturally falls into, which would indicate some sort
of intention—whether that's to ward off evil or just protect oneself. "He
often smiles in photos," she adds. "He's a very happy person, and
he's not smiling."
Wood also observed how tense Melania looked in the
pictures, with her arms close to her body and her jaw and neck muscles tight.
"If you look at her eyes, she's giving a glare to the media," she
said.
So, while we can't confirm
the theory that Harry's treating Melania as an evil force to ward off, we can
say with some certainty that both of them are feeling pretty awkward—maybe even
as awkward as they look.
Link to article - https://www.glamour.com/story/there-may-be-a-hidden-meaning-behind-prince-harrys-odd-hand-gesture-with-melania-trumpPatti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
