The British royal family was advised to watch their speech due to lip-reading.

Members of the royal family and celebrities are being warned by their representatives and advisers to watch what they say when they are away from home or the palace due to the development of lip-reading technology. This was reported by The Guardian on March 15.

This expert advice came about after Prince William was embroiled in a scandal over a video of him talking to his uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, which was translated by a lip-reading expert. The video, according to a lip reader, allegedly shows Mountbatten-Windsor trying to apologize to his nephew, who rejects him.

Mountbatten-Windsor is alleged to have said, "I have learned a lesson from what I have done, but before closing this story, I would like to ask you if you can forgive me."

According to a source close to the royal family, the spread of lip-reading technology has caused great irritation in the royal household.

"Like many high—ranking officials, members of the royal family are aware of the unfortunate and growing trend of using lip readers with varying degrees of inaccuracy to listen to conversations that anyone has the right to consider private," the source said on condition of anonymity.

According to Dickie Arbiter, the former press secretary of Queen Elizabeth II, members of the royal family are warned that they "should not speak out at inappropriate moments, which can be recorded by television cameras or members of the public using a mobile phone."

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