King Charles vents over leaking pen. Images via screenshot from Twitter @cbsnews.
‘I can’t bear this bloody thing’: King Charles vents over leaky pen
Leaky pen mightier than the sword? A video of King Charles III complaining about a leaking pen has gone viral on Twitter.
King Charles vents over leaking pen. Images via screenshot from Twitter @cbsnews.
King Charles III was caught on camera venting over about a leaking pen at Northern Ireland’s Hillsborough Castle signing ceremony on Tuesday 13 September.
KING CHARLES III VENTS OVER LEAKING PEN
A video of King Charles III reacting to a leaking pen has gone viral on Twitter. CBS News shared a clip of the King at Northern Ireland’s Hillsborough Castle signing ceremony on Tuesday 13 September – where he is seen holding a pen that was leaking.
“Oh god, I hate this,” he said as he looked down on his inky fingers.
The King woke up from the table as his wife Camilla took the pen into her hands.
“Oh look, it’s going everywhere,” she said.
King Charles III and Camilla then attempted to clean the ink off their fingers.
“I can’t bear this bloody thing! What they do, every stinking time,” he said.
Queen consort Camilla then used a new pen to sign the book while the King left the room.
The clip has been viewed a total of 15.2 million times. Take a look…
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TWEEPS WEIGH IN
Twitter users have weighed in and some have stated that the King’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II would never have behaved like that.
“I manage to use an inadequate pen quite frequently without throwing a little tantrum that requires several of my little employees to manage,” wrote @DistantWindow.
“The Queen would never have behaved like that. Not even when she was a young woman who found herself suddenly called to rule after the equally sudden loss of her father,” wrote @DodgeRambl3r.
While others defended the King.
“Give him a break. He’s 73 years old, how much sleep do you think he’s had, how much travel, in the last few days? As he mourns his mother? ‘Even royalty’. His mother passed away only days ago,” wrote @brigantia__.
“Imagine your Mother dies and instead of grieving, you have to fill in multiple mortgage applications, get a visit from the tax man (IRS), attend meetings with the MD, all while being filmed. That’s probably a similar feeling to what Charles is going through,” wrote @CanDisagree.
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