“Just in case,” a woman in Cardiff told him when Charles III He walked over to greet the crowd. The phrase accompanied a curious gift for the new monarch: a pen.
The king took the gift, looked at them for a few seconds, and then laughed.
The gift became a balm for the king after controversial days where some public gestures – all with a pen in the center of the scene – showed him angry and uncomfortable with his new functions.
It is that the now king was heavily criticized for an incident during his proclamation when, visibly upset, he demanded one of his assistants remove the pen case from the desk since it made it difficult for him to continue signing. The moment went viral and caused worldwide repudiation.
In addition to this episode, last Tuesday during his visit to the castle of Hillsborough with the queen consort Camilawhile signing the visitor’s book he exploded realizing that the pen ink dripped and immediately left the room not if before exclaim “I can’t stand this damn thing!”
“Oh my gosh, I hate this (pen)!” the king said in an obvious tone of annoyance, standing up and handing the pen to his wife, the queen consort Camilla.
“Oh look, it goes everywhere”Camilla said as Carlos wiped his fingers.
“I can’t stand this damn thing…every stinky moment”said the monarch as he walked away.
Cardiff’s gift allowed him to laugh at the situation and turn the page on the controversial episodes.
However, even before he was named king, it was said that Carlos could be funny, but also irritable and demanding… And that double facet is beginning to be evident.
In fact, the requirement is also manifested in the details of the lavish petitions of former Prince of Wales who were revealed in the documentary Serving the Royals: Inside the Firmmade by Amazon Prime in 2015.
In the series, Paul Burrell, who was the queen’s butler Isabel II and the princess Dianarevealed the indications accurate that the monarch’s staff received to attend and serve him every day, from ironing his shoelaces to putting toothpaste on his brush. The former butler shared that King Carlos “does everything.” “His pajamas are ironed every morning, los cords of his shoes are ironed with an iron, the plug of the bathtub has to be in a certain position and the The temperature of the water has to be only lukewarm.” in a bathtub filled “only halfway,” he said Burrell.
the king even “He has his valets squeeze an inch (nearly three centimeters) of toothpaste onto his brush every morning.” After dressing up, King Charles’s strict morning routine continues with Your breakfast. “Prince Charles chooses a healthy option. Toma homemade bread, a bowl of fresh fruit and fruit juices”, the chef said Graham Newbould, former royal staff member.
“Wherever the prince moves around the world, the breakfast box goes with him. He has six different types of honey, Some mueslis specials, your fruit seca y anything a little special that I’m a little picky about.”
He also insists that cheese and crackers are heated to a certain temperature at the end of meals and makes sure his staff have a warming tray nearby, “because He is very demanding with everything.” revealed a royal to MyLondon.
(With information from Archyde.com)
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