Clarence House Clapping Video

About

Clarence House Clapping Video refers to a viral video of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall clapping for health care workers, a ritual which grew popular during the coronavirus pandemic. The video was widely mocked for what people perceived as a useless gesture from two very rich people, similar to how the Priyanka Chopra Clapping video was mocked.

Origin

On April 23rd, 2020, the Clarence House Twitter account,^[1] which posts updates about Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, posted a video of the pair clapping for health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The video gained over 950 retweets, 14,000 likes and 5.3 million views (shown below).

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The video was quickly mocked online, as people began adding their own captions to the video. For example, user @buschenfeld captioned the video, "When your Sims like the hot tub you bought them," gaining over 3,600 retweets and 23,000 likes (shown below, top). User @lollyadefope joked, "my parents coming to my dressing room after watching me die on stage," gaining over 4,600 retweets and 55,000 likes (shown below, bottom).

Others criticized the way the royal couple appeared in the video, both for their awkwardness and perceived elitism. User @AyoCaesar wrote, "Have these two ever clapped before? I don’t mean for the NHS, I mean like in their entire lives," gaining over 1,800 retweets and 17,000 likes (shown below, top). User @huwlemmey wrote, "You might not like it but this is exactly what peak monarchy looks like: emerging from a tartan-wallpapered room through a Farrow and Ball duck egg door in linen and brogues straight after a gin-induced nap, utterly confused at the lives of your subjects," gaining over 140 retweets and 850 likes (shown below, bottom).

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