King Charles' skin not looking healthy

[HettySunshine]

I've just seen this picture on BBC News of the King shaking hands with Liz Truss.

Do you think his skin looks a bit inflamed? I hope he's not unwell.

My dad's the same age and his skin looks pretty much the same. He's fit and healthy for his age and very outdoorsy, but does suffer from arthritis in his hands.

Don't you think he looks tired everyone?

I blame Liz Truss. Whatever you do, don't shake hands with her.

Your Mum dying a few days ago and becoming King does that to you.

Liz Truss looks deathly pale.

I do not think Charles will live as long as his mother or grandmother. I think we'll be lucky to get 10 years out of him.

@Arenanewbie
I'm glad you saw what I did too.
I didn't watch all of it so missed the Camilla bit.

He's 73 ,his mums just died ,and he's been doing all the ceremonial stuff over the past couple of days ,is it any wonder he's not looking tip top?

Rosacea is an autoimmune condition - drinking alcohol can make the redness flare up, but it's not the cause and as a rosacea sufferer I wish people would stop making the assumption that those of us who have it are big drinkers!

And Catherine

I keep sticking 'spaniel' after King Charles- it's very disconcerting...

To be fair he's just had a few very hectic and stressful days, having just lost his mum with no time to just sit and think. Of course he's tired.

His mum died on Thursday and he's just been made King so I imagine he probably isn't sleeping that well.

It's what Doctor Who whispers about the prime minister to bring her down, it's a little dig at people trying to make an issue out of his health so that other people start to question whether he's fit to rule.

What has Doctor Who got to do with all this?

He's only just got to be king and already they ruined his big moment by giving him a tiny, cluttered table to sign his accession document on and now people are saying he's dying of swollen fingers.
He must wonder why he bothered. He could be hand feeding that squirrel in his study! 🐿

It's about starting threads with faux concern for someone's health. I hope he isn't unwell sounds very much like 'don't you think she looks tired' to me in getting people to question if someone is fit for the job.

Some of us are just that colour < looks at pale blue skin >

@dudsville

Glad it’s not just me!! Every time the tv says ‘King Charles’ the bloody word “spaniel” comes out of my mouth!!

Still don't get the Dr Who reference, but I have never watched it.

He has sausage fingers.

Yes, that's how Dactylitis is commonly described.

The Dr Who reference is when they had a female Prime Minister in the prog who was doing a good job, so the people who didn't like having a female PM had no group for criticising her, so they put a little seed of doubt in people's minds about her health, commenting that she looked tired, ie. was ill and couldn't handle the job any more. It was very cleverly done.

*grounds

The most common reason for flushed skin is rosacea, and the oedema in his hands is most likely to be arthritis.

There are other, less common, causes, but since he seems fit and well it's probably not a serious problem.