King Charles Shooing Staff To Clear His Desk Gets A Royal Ribbing

The aide was asked to take the pen away.

The death of 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth on Thursday (September 8) after 70 years on the throne set in train long established and highly choreographed plans for days of national mourning and a state funeral that will be held in just over a week.

King Charles III has a signature moment in his reign, but it is not a noble one.

The new monarch was roasted after he shooed staff to clear his desk while he signed his accession decree. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away last week.

The king fans his hand at an aide to direct the move of an inkwell.

Is that correct? As his majesty pushes aside a pen set to make room, he smiles at an aide who seems to be the desk-clearer.

One person joked about the Liege Lord of desk sets.

I need the servant to clear my desk. I can't be expected to move stuff.

You can check out more responses.

If Charles giving that "pledging his serving his subjects" speech and chastising his servant for not clearing objects off the desk doesn't give you whiplash, I have some jars of magic water I would like to sell you.

— Delaney King (@delaneykingrox) September 12, 2022

Clean my desk peasants an then lick my hand again 😀🤡

— Vjeran (@vjeran_cry) September 12, 2022

The article was first published on HuffPost.

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