Cameras captured the king’s outrage during a visit to Northern Ireland’s only royal residence when he was given a pen to write his name in the estate’s visitors’ book. “Oh my God, I put in the wrong date,” the monarch said after checking with an aide whether it was September 12 or September 13. The pen then appeared to leak, with Charles turning to the Queen consort, Camilla, to say: “God, I hate this.” As the leaking pen was removed by an assistant, he added: “I can’t stand the bloody thing! What they do, every time it stinks.” See more ‘I can’t stand the bloody thing!’: King Charles’ signing ceremony at Northern Ireland’s Hillsborough Castle made one thing clear – even royalty can’t escape the frustration of a poor pen. pic.twitter.com/nzygNTLslX — CBS News (@CBSNews) September 13, 2022 The new monarch was similarly angered by an elaborate pen on Saturday as he was formally proclaimed King at a meeting of the Council of Accession. Charles is known to carry his own pen for when he is often asked to sign guest books during royal visits.
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When he sat down to sign the proclamation documents, he gestured for an ornate pen case from an assistant. He later returned to his seat after privy councilors used his pens to sign documents, but Charles once again took offense to the object when asked to sign, and pulled a face before being removed again by aides. The incident sparked comments on social media amid the somber ceremony. Charles’ aides had previously described the new monarch as having a “wicked sense of humour” but often short-tempered and demanding. Royal photographer Arthur Edwards said he had become ‘much calmer’ since marrying Camilla, telling Piers Morgan earlier this week: ‘She had a bit of a spark but I hadn’t seen that in a long time and I had some serious words. from him”. Like his late father, the Duke of Edinburgh, the new monarch has displayed his sharp tongue on numerous occasions – most notably during a press engagement during a 2005 holiday in the Swiss Alps, when he was caught by a ‘hot mic ” which the BBC disparaged. royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell. Unaware of his comments, he had muttered to his young sons, “Bloody people. I can’t stand this man. He is so awful. It really is.”
