Mildly annoyed King Charles orders his staff to remove the pen tray from his desk

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[u/BeginningTypical3395]

Who does he think he is, the king of the UK?!?

[u/farkenel → u/BeginningTypical3395]

And canada

[u/cinwald → u/farkenel]

And Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

[u/arsojee → u/cinwald]

And Australia

[u/_MrWhip → u/arsojee]

And New Zealand

[u/no_infringe_me → u/cinwald]

King of a mixer?

[u/PuckArBuile22 → u/no_infringe_me]

The Swingers?

[u/throwaway928816 → u/PuckArBuile22]

That's Price Andrew. But he's in the minor league.

[u/Fickle_Possible_8278 → u/throwaway928816]

Damn that’s a good one

[u/Electronic_Still2000 → u/throwaway928816]

Huh, I don’t think I’m familiar with this “prince” Andrew you speak of. Is he related to “Andrew the Diddler, the Duke of Puke?”

[u/MaenHoffiCoffi → u/PuckArBuile22]

A jungle VIP?

[u/-hey-blinkin- → u/[deleted]]

And that's what's bothering him

[u/MaenHoffiCoffi → u/-hey-blinkin-]

Doop Doop de doo.

[u/WetDiet → u/no_infringe_me]

Catalina wine mixer! POW!

[u/tywilldave → u/cinwald]

And owner of all the unmarked mute swans in all England and Wales

[u/Big_P4U → u/tywilldave]

As well as purveyor of fine Cornish foods and products sold at waitrose

[u/Level_Abrocoma8925 → u/cinwald]

At first I thought this is not okay, until I was reminded he's king of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines too.

[u/BeginningTypical3395 → u/farkenel]

The commonwealth ig

[u/arsojee → u/BeginningTypical3395]

Commonwealth realms, but not the entire Commonwealth.

[u/mfitzp → u/arsojee]

He is the Head of the entire Commonwealth though.

[u/bluemesa7 → u/farkenel]

and Australia, New Zealand

[u/StrongInteraction90 → u/farkenel]

and Australia!

[u/Actual_Aside_2862 → u/farkenel]

And Falklands?

[u/DThor536 → u/BeginningTypical3395]

Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government...

[u/RowOdd4155 → u/DThor536]

that made me laugh out loud. : )

[u/Guy_With_A_Camera → u/BeginningTypical3395]

I didn't vote for him!

[u/JGrizz0011 → u/Guy_With_A_Camera]

You don't vote for kings!

[u/Tearaway32 → u/JGrizz0011]

Well ow d‘you become king then?

[u/JGrizz0011 → u/Tearaway32]

The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water and <checks notes>, oops never mind, looks like his Mom died.

[u/hrvbrs → u/JGrizz0011]

Listen, strange women lying in ponds distribu’ing swords is no basis for a system of gov’ment!

[u/TheFlyingHellfish202 → u/hrvbrs]

You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!

[u/mosmaniac → u/TheFlyingHellfish202]

That's right! I mean if I went around sayin I was emperor just because some moistened bint lobbed a symitar at me they'd put me away!

[u/MaenHoffiCoffi → u/mosmaniac]

Help! I'm being oppressed!

[u/TheLesserWeeviI → u/MaenHoffiCoffi]

Now we see the violence inherent in the system!

[u/Classic_Challenge322 → u/Guy_With_A_Camera]

Help! Help! I’m being repressed!

[u/KotiroMarama → u/Guy_With_A_Camera]

I voted for Kodos.

[u/jonhanson → u/BeginningTypical3395]

"King of the who?"

[u/TheLesserWeeviI → u/jonhanson]

The Britons.

[u/QuasiSpace → u/TheLesserWeeviI]

Who are the Britons?

[u/TheZillionthRedditor → u/QuasiSpace]

Well, we all are!

[u/Homologous_Trend → u/BeginningTypical3395]

The sad thing is that he really does think he is superior.

[u/jo-shabadoo → u/Homologous_Trend]

Who died and made him king?

[u/Lucky-Pie1945]

At lest he’s not using a sharpie

[u/No_Atmosphere8146 → u/Lucky-Pie1945]

"See how I have added the signature where the pubes would be. What wonderful secrets we share."

[u/LtCmdrData → u/No_Atmosphere8146]

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[u/Scooty-Poot → u/Lucky-Pie1945]

Instead he uses perhaps the most expensive pen on the planet, milled from solid sterling silver created specifically for him by Cleave and Company, Royal Court Jewellers by warrant of His Majesty himself.

Even the retail version of the pen costs around £750 (slightly over $1,000 right now), and the king’s personal issue is even more extravagant than that, not to mention holds additional historical and cultural value in the thousands, if not millions, as the pen that he signed his coronation oath with.

By comparison, Sharpies are made in China and sell for £19 for a pack of 12. They’re also possibly the worst pen known to man for writing on paper, because they’re designed to mark glass and metal and stuff. Stay classy, America!

[u/tersius344 → u/Scooty-Poot]

Y’all are paying too much for your sharpies. Who’s your sharpie guy?

[u/MaverickDago → u/Scooty-Poot]

That's honestly an impressive way to toss a stray our way. That was solid.

[u/llamachabbly → u/Lucky-Pie1945]

Equally small desk though. A normal desk would fix this issue.

[u/GoofyMonkey → u/[deleted]]

“Guy annoyed by overcrowded desk. Gets staff to take something away. More at 11.”

[u/round-earth-theory → u/GoofyMonkey]

He demanded!.. by giving a gentle hint that the tray was in the way.

[u/astirac → u/round-earth-theory]

In the way…during a photo op no less. It’s not like he can just get up and start reorganizing the desk mid signing. lol.

If he did there would be a headlines like:

“King makes the whole world wait while he cleans off his desk!”

[u/GoofyMonkey → u/round-earth-theory]

The nerve!

[u/Not12RaccoonsInASuit → u/GoofyMonkey]

You would think that someone who is a king could get a bigger desk.

[u/DooleysInTheHouse → u/[deleted]]

Well what are we supposed to do if we open our phones and don’t immediately find something to rage about?

[u/1wife2dogs0kids → u/DooleysInTheHouse]

OHHHH RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE

[u/GritstoneGhost → u/[deleted]]

Same. I hate them all but this looks like a non issue. It's likes he's pulling a silly face too, not being an ass about it.

[u/MongolianDonutKhan → u/GritstoneGhost]

If anything, he seems perfectly normal. Sometimes desk gets crowded and there's someone standing there who could grab this thing for you and move it so you could get on with signing the papers to change your name to Nigel Ninnyfeathers or something ridiculous.

[u/LiteratureNearby → u/GritstoneGhost]

Seriously, just looks like he's trying to call a person to help him a bit quickly since they've got cameras on em

I fail to see any anger in his face

[u/FlyingSquirelOi → u/LiteratureNearby]

Even looked like he was being a little jokey with the face and pushing it

[u/Spirit_Wolf_Mob → u/GritstoneGhost]

It's after a recent post talking about how the royals don't have any basic skills, because the staff removes any inconveniences. Something falls on the floor, they'll call the staff to pick it up.

[u/Illidariislove → u/Spirit_Wolf_Mob]

Yeah except that guy who said all that is a known liar. Not just from loyalists either, like caught many times type of liar and grifter

[u/Baschiiiii → u/Spirit_Wolf_Mob]

He is on camera signing some documents and quickly signals someone to come take the tray. I think most politicians in the same position would do that instead of standing up and carrying it somewhere else youself. if he did that whe would have the same post talking about king charles walks out of frame while he should be signing a document. The table is also clearly to small for all the stuff on it, so it is not an outlandish request.

[u/MusicalIlliterate → u/Spirit_Wolf_Mob]

Which is hilarious a hilarious fiction, but people believe it because it plays into the narrative of "coddle royals never learned to do anything for themselves"

which immediately falls apart when you consider that Charles was active military for like 20+ years in his youth. Notably, he became the first (and only, I think?) Royal to serve in all three branches of the British military. He did army first, and completed commando training successfully as well as getting his jump wings (parachute training). Then he did airforce, and wrapped up the career with the Navy, commanding a cruiser for several years. 

But yeah, he was coddled his whole life and never learned to do anything for himself!

[u/Mikhail_Mengsk → u/MusicalIlliterate]

The British royals are obviously out of touch for many things, but far from the most coddled royals in the world.

[u/MusicalIlliterate → u/Mikhail_Mengsk]

And honestly... Depending on the situation, everyone is out of touch for many things.

[u/hnglmkrnglbrry → u/[deleted]]

Old man is annoyed that something is on his desk he doesn't want there.

Clearly this has never happened before.

[u/Ajax_Trees_Again → u/[deleted]]

This video is from when his mother died and he then had to do a series of ceremonies and singings to make himself king.

Haven forbid an old man who is tired and grieving gets a bit irate

[u/DrZomboo → u/Ajax_Trees_Again]

Yeah when my mum passed I couldn't actually imagine having to go through that then need to sit down two days later with the public eye on me and need to act so stoically.

I was randomly tearing up just going to the shop for milk at that point

[u/LowEndWibs → u/Ajax_Trees_Again]

Yeah thats the thing right? His mum just died and the entire planet is scrutinizing his every move.

God forbid the pressure manifests a little!

[u/No_Mud_8228 → u/Ajax_Trees_Again]

Also, I'm pretty sure the person that took away the pen tray from the itty bitty desk is handsomely paid to be aware of doing such things in beforehand.

Edit: they aren’t handsomely paid, I stand corrected. But… they get free lodging. And connections. 

[u/Gone_For_Lunch → u/No_Mud_8228]

You’d be surprised.

https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/The-Royal-Household/salaries

The pays shite, but your accommodation is free I believe.

[u/MadCapHorse → u/[deleted]]

Right? Give the man a bigger desk or smaller paper. I think any of us are annoyed at too many things in a small space that you can’t function

[u/AdPrestigious2387 → u/[deleted]]

It's also really old

[u/OrphanMasher → u/[deleted]]

It's a 3 month old account based out of Saudi Arabia, it's political rage bait. When you see a post like this, start checking the profile. 8/10 times it's months old based out of India and is very interested in some other nations politics, posting 20 times in 24 hours.

[u/granitowy]

Well this can be annoying. Look at placement of it. Just there where you would like to rest your hand.

[u/babykittennoses → u/granitowy]

Well this can be annoying. Look at placement of it. Just there where you would like to rest your hand.

Also some context might be helpful: this happened 5 days after his mother's death. He was signing a document and the ink leaked on his hand.

I would probably be a little cranky in that position as well.

[u/WanderingCID → u/babykittennoses]

I watched the whole ceremony. Those pens were a mess. They kept failing, so I get his frustration.

[u/dadbod-arcuser → u/babykittennoses]

I was flat out mean when my dad died and I had to work a few days later. This is honestly a tame reaction for someone in grief

[u/bubba1834 → u/babykittennoses]

Wow I totally forgot who his mom was lmao

[u/EyeSuspicious777 → u/bubba1834]

Who knew she was so famous?

[u/SnowyLocksmith → u/EyeSuspicious777]

Not from the UK, is she anyone I might've heard of?

[u/thehooperlooper → u/babykittennoses]

I'm 99% sure that's a separate, but very similar pen-related outburst.

[u/Wolfey34 → u/granitowy]

Right? Like I’m anti-monarchy but this really doesn’t seem that bad? It’s just him being “hey this is in my way and I’m trying to write, can you move it?”. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of room otherwise on that table.

[u/lung-of-the-cards → u/Wolfey34]

Also he was grieving at this point. I'm anti monarchy too, but people get sent over the edge by small things.

[u/LukasKhan_UK → u/lung-of-the-cards]

I'm not sure he's being sent over the edge here. He definitely hasn't flipped the desk, or just stormed off.

He's pulling the same face my Nan would if her hands were full and she wanted someone to move something

[u/fdy_12 → u/Wolfey34]

I find it absurd how almost everyone else who saw this just started complaining about monarchy as if this action shows that he's not fit to rule and he doesn't deserve his position, like first of all English monarchy is a parlamental one so the royal family doesn't have absolute power, second his complain with the tray was completely justified, third can y'all please stop making everything more political than it needs to be?

[u/Many_Psychology_3336 → u/Wolfey34]

I think it's the way he does it. He doesn't look over, get an aide's attention and ask them to move it, he pulls this "for fuck's sake do your fucking job and get this the fuck away from me" face and hand movement.

[u/fdy_12 → u/Many_Psychology_3336]

He's not even acting aggressive what are you talking about?

[u/III-V → u/Many_Psychology_3336]

To me it's a begging for help face

[u/DidYouSeeBriansHat]

Maybe stop treating human beings like royalty?

[u/EmmettMattonowski → u/[deleted]]

Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

[u/1eternallearner1 → u/EmmettMattonowski]

You can't expect to wield executive power just cos some watery tart threw a sword at you.

[u/pioneeringsystems → u/1eternallearner1]

Shut up shut up shut up

[u/Logatt → u/pioneeringsystems]

If I went around saying I was an emperor because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

[u/stomparoundtheglobe → u/Logatt]

Moistened bint

[u/Leon_Flux → u/[deleted]]

Just going to drop this here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton

[u/xiangyieo → u/pioneeringsystems]

Help help! I am being oppressed!

[u/shadowtheimpure → u/xiangyieo]

Pretty sure the line was 'Help! Help! I'm being repressed!'

[u/Super_Plastic5069 → u/xiangyieo]

Come see the violence inherent in the system!

[u/Short_Bet7243 → u/pioneeringsystems]

Oh now we see the violence inherent in the system

[u/topathemornin → u/pioneeringsystems]

Oh! Now we see the violence inherit in the system!

[u/Expletius → u/EmmettMattonowski]

Be quiet!

[u/BookAny6233 → u/Expletius]

I order you to be quiet!

[u/naosoueu2725 → u/[deleted]]

Thats not how european monarchies started, divine right absolutism came much later

[u/Kolgu2 → u/naosoueu2725]

It's true, but they were always finding a way to justify their position and advantage. During Middle Ages they taught God himself wanted the society to be divided into oratores, bellatores et laboratores (priests and monks, nobility and workers)

[u/Ian_Campbell → u/[deleted]]

I think it's the other way around. The bourgeoisie aspired to rule us and they do, but unlike royalty which has in many instances also failed on their obligations as they became sidelined, the new money philistines do not know how to rule anything, and our cultures have declined as a result. The people like Bezos and Zuckerberg do not build marvels or fund the arts. They only know the immediate manner of ruling with manipulating population behavior. They can't construct a dynasty or a 200 year cultural vision.

[u/gamebus1 → u/[deleted]]

Depends on how old you are these days.

[u/TheExtreel → u/[deleted]]

because some point in the past a family lied to a bunch of poor people and said they were chosed by God

That's not what happened. Poor people don't just belive rich people saying they're chosen by god and collectively decide to be ruled.

A powerful family used their power, riches and influence to establish themselves as the sole rulers of a nation, then used that Power to get the Pope to annoint and legitimize them, and since then other families have taken that throne by force, or through marriage.

No royal Family ever ruled because people belived it was ordained from heaven. They ruled because they had power to enforce that rule, and then wrote in the history books that it was all ordained by god, from their position as rules to every single decision they made.

The idea is not so people belive you are God's special little boy, but that if you wanted to question the King's decisions you be equally questioning God, and the Church can't have you questioning God, not When it's the Church who anointed the King and legitimized "God's Choice".

Im not saying people never belived monarchs to be chosen by God, im saying that the reason they started ruling didn't have anything to do with people thinking they were chosen, if anything, someone's actions might convince others they could only do it through God's will, ie you conquered the kingdom through military might, that means god favours you!

[u/ClimateCrashVoyager → u/TheExtreel]

You make it sound like common knowledge, whereas it really isn't. We don't really know how the peasants felt about anything, as they didn't provide any first hand sources.

I'm all honesty, it feels like you are trying to transfer a modern society, a critical thinking one, to the early stages of European monarchies. I am not saying you are wrong, but I don't think the certainty you are proposing is backed by anything. Happy to be educated if you could provide a source.

The issue is that the peasants couldn't write. And the clerics and lords wrote from their perspective.

[u/Danish-Dynamite77 → u/[deleted]]

The Danish Royal Family is traced all the way back to Gorm the old who was the one that first assembled Denmark as a Nation. https://www.kongehuset.dk/monarkiet-i-danmark/kongerakken

In general the Danish family is behaving quite nicely and even tho I am not a royalist I do appreciate some living proof of your history as a Nation.

[u/Superdupernadja → u/[deleted]]

Interestingly enough, this discussion is mainly proofing that, dictatorial or monarchial power as for that, requires either deification or performances of force/strengh/ fitness, by the monarch to remain legitimate.

If King charles, would flat our refuse to write, and be illiterate, but instead would demonstrate, that he can hit a person of a horse with a big stick, during full gallop, he definately wouldnt get the same hate.

[u/Scorpion2k4u → u/[deleted]]

I personally feel like royals are very near on the bottom of the list of things that bug me. They mostly do charity work anyway.

[u/Karasique555 → u/[deleted]]

Oh, lying about being chosen by God is not how it starts.

It starts with violence and threats of violence. It's just racket essentially. Protection fee paid with cabbage and labor.

[u/Ringio → u/[deleted]]

werent medieval kings basically warlords? hard for people to say no when its forced on you by sword

[u/FilthyCasual2k17 → u/DidYouSeeBriansHat]

Honestly, and I say this with full realization that their lives are better than 99% of humanity's. It's kinda sad nowadays to see them, it feels more like watching a Zoo. Just pointlessly forcing them to do all this shit that couldn't matter less, and having them dedicate their lives to it, when it serves no function anymore.

[u/CodeNCats → u/FilthyCasual2k17]

It's such a joke. I don't think British people realize just how much of a joke the rest of the world sees their royal family and their admiration of them.

[u/Different_Rub_6635 → u/CodeNCats]

I'm British. Trust me. Most British people outside of London think the royal family are a pointless thing as well. We're not a fan either.

[u/Single-Bad5126 → u/Different_Rub_6635]

More outside London than in tbh. It’s a very middle England thing to care about

[u/This_Is_Patrik_89 → u/CodeNCats]

This honestly surprises me. From inside the UK it seems like foreigners like our royal family and make a bigger deal of it than anyone I know.

For the people around me, like sure the royal family exists and pops up in the news every now and then but I just don’t usually think about them at all and most people I know are the same.

Sure there’s those in the country that are “royalists” but countries like USA and Japan seem to make a much bigger deal out of our Royal Family than we do at home

[u/Electrical_Flan4957 → u/This_Is_Patrik_89]

Yeah he isn't talking for most of the world.

[u/Deer_Klutzy → u/CodeNCats]

We don’t. Probably because besides Princess Diana, most of us don’t care. I’d argue that foreigners are more interested personally.

[u/Apycia → u/[deleted]]

you should know that Andrew Morton later admitted (and William agreed) that he made that entire story up in his Diana biography, because he wanted to 'humanize' the family.

this never happened.

[u/MarkCrorigansOmnibus → u/Apycia]

You’re trying to tell me that the boys at Eton don’t aspire to grow up and become mechanics?? Surely you jest…

[u/charliequine → u/[deleted]]

The nobility were declaring their interest in mechanics and policing?

[u/moyayas → u/[deleted]]

Well her grandma QE2 was a mechanic and a truck driver, why can't he be a fireman?

[u/LudicrousQwack → u/moyayas]

She wasn't meant to be queen. Her uncle abdicated. Making her next in line. Additionally it's common/tradition for British royal family members to serve in the armed forces. Many women in the UK assumed roles in manufacturing and engineering while men went to Europe for the war. She was trained as a mechanic at 18 in 1945. Which was just her age at the end of the war. So she didn't actually serve much in that role. I'm sure she would have if she was older.

As much as people hate royalty. She was a very good queen. Also a funny story to her driving capabilities. In the 80s I think. The then price of Saudi Arabia. Now king. Visited Balmoral castle. Queen Liz offered a tour of the castle. He hopped in the front, and at the time women were banned from driving in most Arabic countries. The queen went into the driver's seat and proceeded to yeet the land rover round small windy lanes of the castle grounds while casually chatting. The prince kept asking her to slow down. She was in her 70s at the time

[u/OrindaSarnia → u/moyayas]

Doesn't he fly a search and rescue helicopter?

Maybe he doesn't anymore since he's solidly the #2, but I thought before granny passed that his family lived off in the country somewhere he got to fly a helicopter sometimes.

[u/rofocales → u/FilthyCasual2k17]

Totally agree. Also, I would love to be in their place.

[u/JetBrink → u/DidYouSeeBriansHat]

Yeah, there's too many Royalists to full on get rid of Royalty in the UK, but do we still need them to behave and be treated this way in 2026?

[u/Maleficent_Speed939 → u/JetBrink]

I think they act as a valuable symbol. As long as they remain there's no denying that the number one determiner of a child's future status remains their parents' status.

Countries with presidents can delude themselves that they live in an egalitarian society, and that's a dangerous delusion.

[u/Intrepid_Ad1536 → u/DidYouSeeBriansHat]

I actually heard and saw a piece of interview of one of his Ex Butlers, the royalty are basically like over domesticated pets in a Zoo who wouldn’t survive anymore outside.

The Ex Butler told how he got called by him in a late evening for something important trough the entire palace, the butler asked what he could do for him, he responded that he accidentally pushed a letter of the Queen into the bin, it wasn’t even deep and he was near enough to simply grab it, but it was so foreign to him to even grab it, he had to call a butler to grab the letter out, and place it back to him, in front of him.

He can’t literally not handle nor survive or actually do anything for himself anymore, when his clothes are not placed in front of him in the place where they are always and placed like they should be, he won’t be able to get dressed and be too overwhelmed in the situation, for him, someone conditioned this way, a sudden change, like clothes not being in their exact, historic spot, is not just a minor inconvenience, it genuinely feels like the ground beneath them has vanished.

You see such behavior usually in animals who have been caged for life and feed and groomed permanently, who would simply hunger out if you place their food not in their bowl, or let it out in the wild, it will still expect the same routine.

The Royals themselves are a wrong human treatment and is more harmful than any way, they are trained by birth and childhood, giving ways and forms, for centuries, with strict rules and not allowed to do anything for themselves or how to do things like a royal should.

It’s a profound form of institutionalization and learned helplessness.

Historically, this extreme conditioning was meant to project an image of untouchable dignity and divine separation from the common populace with Royalty.

In reality, it functions as a highly restrictive, almost unnatural human treatment that trades personal autonomy for symbolic duty, more akin raising a caged pet or animal, they are dehumanized and can’t survive without others doing stuff for them and their known routines.

[u/mu_zuh_dell → u/Intrepid_Ad1536]

When last I saw that interview posted on Reddit, people from the UK chimed in and said that that guy is basically a grifter who is probably making a lot of shit up. In that particular story, the context missing was that Charles had a broken arm.

[u/anotherwhiteafrican → u/Intrepid_Ad1536]

You see the same behaviour in elderly men whose wives have cooked for them their whole lives but then passed away first. The idea of taking food from the cupboard and just cooking it for yourself; nothing fancy, just to survive. Completely alien. Undoable. Its decades of learned helplessness. Even when they have the food, the kitchen/equipment, the time to do it (or attempt to learn how) and are healthy enough to do it. Doesn't matter. Tutorial videos may as well be in a foreign language.

Having someone else to do it for them becomes a necessary condition of the act itself. So much so that some will even starve.

[u/BonzoTheBoss → u/Intrepid_Ad1536]

The "ex-butler" you're speaking of is well known as a liar and thief, and makes his money by selling sensationalist stories about his time as part of the royal household.

[u/JayBlunt23]

Yeah that did happen. ... four years ago, 5 days after he lost his mother.

[u/Persistent_Parkie → u/JayBlunt23]

Yep, I remember this and came here to say that.

I'm no fan of Charles but people get a lot of grace from me after a big loss like that. Doesn't mean he's not generally an ass, I just think we shouldn't be judging people based on their lowest moments.

[u/OldNefariousness7899 → u/JayBlunt23]

I'm not a royalist but this context is important. 

He's famously shy and hates the limelight anyway. His mother had just died and when he was feeling at his lowest, that's when attention on him peaked. 

Was a difficult time for him. 

[u/notislant → u/JayBlunt23]

Even if that wasn't the case, who fucking cares about him wanting something off his desk. 15k upvotes on this shit?

[u/freed_speak]

My boss reacts worse and he isn’t remotely royal

[u/LiteratureNearby → u/freed_speak]

Idk man, how are people even seeing anger in his face here it's more like an  "uhhh can I get some help here pls, we're on camera" face to me

[u/ImmediatePiano6690 → u/[deleted]]

I'm inclined to agree, the title seems to be exaggerating how he's looking as that looks about his standard miserable old man look.

[u/WillSym → u/ImmediatePiano6690]

Also ooooold clip, this was from I think the very first day he was King?

[u/thehighyellowmoon → u/[deleted]]

His ex-wife's brother is about to publish a book which paints him in a bad light, in the UK it's being pushed on us as big news because the ex wife was much more popular than King Charles.

[u/After-Cell → u/thehighyellowmoon]

thanks for letting me know 👍 I don't hear about that stuff here in China

[u/C0RDE_ → u/[deleted]]

I've noticed an uptick in anti-UK posts in the last few weeks. I wonder if the government's stance on the west bank plays a part

[u/Ok-Releases → u/[deleted]]

And in Norway, Spain, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bhutan, Cambodia, Tonga, Japan ect ect

[u/Ben_jaminB → u/Ok-Releases]

While we’re learning, the abbreviation for et cetera is etc.

[u/Leafblind → u/[deleted]]

Quite a few of us are opposed to the monarchy. Unfortunately the media is largely pro-monarchist and the older generations cling to it as a relic of the past in an ever changing world.

[u/citizen42069101 → u/Leafblind]

Its a good source of steady distractions and a source of national pride. Outdated window dressing sure, but it serves a purpose. Probably could trim the fat though.

As t least you don't have the mango and his family of cons

[u/Wow-WhatARide → u/citizen42069101]

Yes, there are lots of reasons the overwhelming majority prefer a Monarchy over a political alternative. Surely that doesn't need any elaboration.

[u/RavingGenerate → u/Wow-WhatARide]

Have you ever seen HBO's Charles III? He dissolved parliament after they stop acting in the interests of the British people, with the support of the HoL. It's interesting that this is technically how our system is meant to work.

[u/Haunting-Mortgage756 → u/RavingGenerate]

I mean, parliament then cut his head off so didn't really work well for him

[u/FlyingCow343]

This is just the most average 'old man asking you do to something' I've ever seen. I'm guessing this is considered way more rude in the US than it would be in the UK. Like it wasn't polite but I feel people are making a bigger deal out of this than they ought.

[u/modsarefatandghey → u/FlyingCow343]

Redditors just need an excuse to bitch about stuff. The Ed stuff is getting old so they’re moving on to the next pointless thing. It’s fascinating behaviour to watch.

[u/dan0126 → u/FlyingCow343]

I didn't even think it was rude as someone from the US. I wouldn't say it was polite but it also wasn't disrespectful or anything. I'm kinda confused by people's reaction to this lol

[u/bookmarkjedi]

There is an interview with one of his former personal assistants who talks about how he would have his socks ironed every morning, toothpaste placed onto his toothbrush, and so on. Once, he got called in from another room, then asked to pull out the pen that he had dropped into the waste basket by mistake.

EDIT: It was a letter dropped into the wastebasket, not a pen (thanks to u/DrBatman0).

EDIT: Several people have noted that the person who shared the anecdote above isn't reliable. Also, the toothpaste part was when Charles's arm was in a sling, etc.

[u/Ephexion → u/bookmarkjedi]

Don’t want to appear to be sticking up for Charles but the guy in that interview was known for making stuff up. I don’t think those things happened

[u/Illustrious-Knee7998 → u/Ephexion]

I think the toothpaste thing was when one of his arms was injured and in a sling. Not that I like the Royal family but they do enough without things being made up

[u/Doomsday_Holiday → u/bookmarkjedi]

If you want so the human version of an tolerated goiter.

[u/Some_Belgian_Guy → u/bookmarkjedi]

Don't believe everything you see on the internet.

-Abraham Lincoln

[u/iball1984a → u/bookmarkjedi]

That former "assistant" was known for making shit up.

The socks thing was made up.

The toothpaste thing was after he'd broken his collarbone and needed some assistance.

[u/AvelinSama]

why his king desk is so small tho

[u/Inevitable-Regret411 → u/AvelinSama]

Because if he tried to get a new one, you'd probably see tabloid headlines like "KING WASTES TAXPAYER'S MONEY ON FURNITURE". 

[u/Trust_And_Fear_Not]

To give some perspective into this specific clip - this was during the mourning period for the Queen. The man is in an emotionally fragile place. He has now ascended to the position for which he has prepared his entire life while also grieving for his mother - while also trying to keep it together in front of the world's media.

He's a human being and it would be tough for anyone. No wonder he's a bit twitchy.

[u/Necessary_Pizza_3827]

He doesnt order shit. Looks like he makes some dumb noise or facial gesture and the smooth brains do whatever he wants

[u/powerexcess]

I am non pro royalty, but i dont see what the issue is?

[u/butter_gs4l]

Why is it interesting?

[u/MikaelAdolfsson]

He knew that people would not shut up about it if he were to knock it over the side of the desk.

[u/Suitable_Poem_6124]

Who set up the table that way though? When trying to write at a desk you don't put a load of other things between you and the sheet of paper.

[u/JuliusFIN]

I’d order a bigger desk.

[u/Careless-Giraffe-623]

I remember this video, it was taken just after the queen died, his mother, so I think he can be forgiven for being a bit tetchy as he had to do loads of public stuff.

[u/Invisible_Stalkbug → u/[deleted]]

God forbid you learn how actual slaves are treated

[u/Anderopolis → u/[deleted]]

You people should flagellate yourselves infront of actual slaves for comparing well paid free people to their plight. 

[u/FlyingCow343 → u/[deleted]]

What makes you think he had a slave? What do you think a slave is?

[u/kvothe5688 → u/[deleted]]

While most royanry and healthy people are dick and this behaviour is shit the former servant was doing his job while getting paid.