The prince of wails: Charles and Camilla can't contain their giggles during a performance of traditional Inuit throat singing in Canada

  • Camilla, 69, and Charles, 68, visited Iqaluit, the Arctic capital, last week
  • Footage has just emerged of the pair laughing during traditional welcome 
  • Couple couldn't contain giggles during unusual vocal performance 
  • Camilla had to cover her mouth with her hand to stifle her laughter

A royal biographer recently revealed that when Charles was first introduced to Camilla, he was attracted by the fact she laughed at 'the same silly things as he did'.

And that shared sense of humour still endures more than 40 years later, as footage of the pair laughing uncontrollably during a performance of traditional Inuit throat singing on their recent tour of Canada shows. 

A clip has just emerged of the pair struggling to maintain their composure as they were treated to a welcome ceremony in Iqaluit, Canada's Arctic capital last week.

Catching each other's eyes, the couple dissolved into fits of giggles and at one point Camilla had to cover her mouth with her hand to stifle her laughter. 

The Duchess had to cover her mouth with her hand at one point in order to maintain her composure 

The Duchess had to cover her mouth with her hand at one point in order to maintain her composure 

Two women performed welcome ceremony featuring Inuit throat singing, known as katajjaq

Two women performed welcome ceremony featuring Inuit throat singing, known as katajjaq

Inuit throat singing, known as katajjaq, is traditionally performed in a duet by women performers, who engage in a competition to see who can last the longest. 

They usually stand facing each other and take turns to make sounds by singing as well as inhalation and exhalation.

The first to run out of breath or who can't fill in the gaps left by the other singer usually laughs or simply stops, before someone else takes their place. 

Charles and Camilla arrived in Canada last Thursday for a royal visit that culminated in Ottawa at the weekend as Canada marked its 150th birthday.

Camilla, 69, and her husband Charles, 68, dissolved into giggles as they watched traditional Inuit throat singing in Iqaluit, Canada's Arctic capital last week

Camilla, 69, and her husband Charles, 68, dissolved into giggles as they watched traditional Inuit throat singing in Iqaluit, Canada's Arctic capital last week

Charles was welcomed by the singers at the Nunavut Legislative Assembley

Charles was welcomed by the singers at the Nunavut Legislative Assembley

It was game over for the couple as soon as they caught each other's eye 

It was game over for the couple as soon as they caught each other's eye 

Governor General David Johnston, Queen Elizabeth's II representative as Canada's head of state, greeted the couple and thanked them for their contributions tohis country, saying: 'Your visit means a great deal to us.'

It was the 18th visit to Canada for the Prince of Wales, and the fourth visit for the Duchess of Cornwall. 

They were last in Canada in May 2014. Canada is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.

The couple share the same sense of humour and couldn't contain themselves during the offbeat musical performance 

The couple share the same sense of humour and couldn't contain themselves during the offbeat musical performance 

The last official royal tour to Canada took place in 2016 when Prince William and his wife, Kate, visited along with their two young children for their first official trip overseas as a family of four.

While Australia, Jamaica and Barbados have talked about becoming republics, Canada has shown less interest in replacing Queen Elizabeth II as the figurative head of state.

Canadians are somewhat indifferent to the monarchy, but most have great affection for the queen, as well as her grandsons and Kate.

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