To think publishing the video of King Charles getting annoyed when signing a visitors book today is very unkind?

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He has lost both parents in a short time frame, had a disagreement with his own son and taken on a very stressful job at the height of grief. AIBU to think this should not have been made public? Most people would lose their temper at a time like that in their own lives. Why publish this?

Charles was very critical in public about the Queen's parenting.
He seemed in public closer to his grandmother.

I would say the racism, lies and bullying that Harry and Megan is very unkind but that doesn't stop them.

With enough money to access anything they want, anywhere in the world, why could they not give him a bigger desk, ffs?!?? Surely the palaces are full of large ornate desks just waiting to be photographed.

They’ve been planning for this for decades!

He looks aggressive and out of touch.

And maybe he just doesn’t even want the wretched job. Who would?!

YANBU I feel very sympathetic towards him at teh moment

I feel your pain. When my mother died, I point-blank refused to do it in a fortnight. There was 30 years worth of hoarding in there, it was utter bloody chaos, I couldn't stay overnight until I'd cleared quite a chunk of it (and got the council to come and fix the boiler, so there was hot water!) and it was a 2.5 hour drive each way. And I had to register the death, which took a while as there had to be a PM, and arrange the funeral.

I made so many trips to the tip that I was on first name terms with the guys who worked there by the end. One weekend, two friends came to help and we went to the tip 18 times, with 2 biggish estate cars loaded to the gunwhales with stuff.

I was shattered by the time it was done, physically and emotionally.

not the biggest fan of the new king to be honest.... BUT he has just lost his mother after losing his father not long ago... and i think anybody would be a little short tempered. he has had to parade around the UK in full view of the whole world and probably hasnt had much time to even begin to process his grief. he looks like a man on the edge to me. every time i see him on tv he looks even more of a shell than the last time. perhaps it has given him an insight into how william and harry felt having to parade around london after losing their mother... at a much much younger age too. i was a bit bad tempered after my brother was killed and my dad died just weeks apart. i snapped at people who were just trying to be there for me and then i hid myself away as much as i could... the courts,the chapel of rest,the funerals... it was all just too much for me.... i cant imagine how i would have felt if i had cameras everywhere i went aswell. time will tell what kind of king he will make

I wish that Anne was our new Queen.
She'd be fabulous.
(However, if he gets a new pen, it might just be fine. Here's hoping!)

"Bic, Your Majesty?"

*I have. She was cutting a cake with a sword like knife and was finding it tricky. Her aide shouted that they had a more conventional implement. HM barked at her.

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No, I don't think that's was remotely similar. That was a bit of ribbing between the Queen and someone who had clearly worked for her for a long time. You could sense a closeness. That didn't seem malicious to me at all.

Clearly she made a joke. Everyone laughed. Charles, on the other hand, was angry!

He was mildly irritated 🙄

Oh good god! What a post. KC got a grump about a pen were the next North Korea. Give yourself a shake.

Charles's petulance shouldn't come as a surprise. Over the years we've seen that irritable look on his face many times. We've read about his diva like behaviour and his ridiculous demands he makes on his servants. I bet they tiptoe round on egg shells, frightened to incur his wrath.

He wants to modernise the royal family? he should look at himself first. I feel sorry for his staff, who can they turn to if they feel bullied and intimidated. Charles's word is law

People talking about compassion and empathy for Charles. We all have to lose our mum's, must of us have to go through much worse. She was 96, he will have been prepared for it. You're on auto pilot before the funeral anyway, , the grief (if any) comes after. There's no excuse for his rudeness. Guaranteed he'll be just as bad if not worse in a years time. How will he be excused then?

But what about compassion and empathy for him sacking his staff? Why should we care about a man who gives not a jot for his lowly paid workers.

Putting his behaviour to one side , everyone takes a death differently, you can prepare all you like but no one knows how it will affect them when it actually happens.

Firstly one person's pattern for how they felt grief doesn't dictate how any other person will feel or react. I'm not sure we are ever prepared for losing a parent at any age.

Secondly you can't really blame him for the staff being made redundant. It's obvious they wouldn't need so many staff now the Queen isn't here. And it's been made clear that they're trying to redeploy where possible, and where not it's redundancy, not sacking. Quite a different story really.

In the video of Charles doing the impatient hand gestures, Camilla looks very sad while watching him and rolls her eyes. Her reaction to it makes me think that that's what he's usually like and she's a bit sick and tired of it. Feel a bit sorry for her for having to put up with him.

The timing was awful, why not wait till after the funeral at least.

Why delay it?
The sooner people know their job is at risk the sooner they can make appropriate decisions, whether that be sorting CV, accepting another job, holding off on big purchases.
Never a good time to get that letter but it's definitely a sooner the better.

If you met him in the past, why go again if you didn’t want to meet him again? You’re the one complaining he didn’t talk to you!

Honestly, you’re definitely one of those people who always has something to complain about. Whine whine whine.

YANBU.

Poor man hasn’t had a nanosecond to process the fact that he’s now an orphan, and has been under 24/7 media scrutiny for a week. He’s a human being. When I lost my day little tiny insignificant things, like people taking too long at the green lights, seriously pissed me off and I was very short and snappy. Because I was trying to hold it together and suppress my grief because shit needed to be done. Feel awful for him that that has been aired and used to rip into him

Well I’ve met King Charles, spoke to him personally (12 years ago) and he was a lovely man - I won’t put myself by saying why but it wasn’t a happy positive PR opportunity but a visit of sorrow, so to speak, and he was extremely kind and respectful. I would be happy to meet him again.

I would imagine that some will join the King's staff at Buckingham Palace (especially if some of the existing officials in the palace decide that this is a convenient point to retire), some will join the Prince of Wales' staff as William will need to expand his operation with his new position, others may find openings in other royal households and some will retire. Yes, some may face redundancy.

If you’re prepared to take handouts from the public purse then be prepared to have every aspect of your life scrutinised 🤷‍♀️ No sympathy.

No, I agree with you. No matter how much training, grief can get you in weird ways, that's one of them.

Why? It's a business. The business is changing drastically and there is no job. These were his staff, not the Queen's. As fast as he has to move and adapt to his new role the jobs aren't there. If you read the article, they will try to help them find a new role across the Royal household. It's not p45 and fuck off.