Camilla

Not sure why people think it strange that two elderly people can spend a little time apart. They are not young lovers now
and Camilla seeing her grandchildren etc is perfectly normal.
No need for any couples to be joined at the hip and to me, it’s rather unhealthy if they are.
I’m sure it has no bearing on their closeness.

Gabrielle56

Deedaa

I will just say that Diana did a fair bit of shredding herself. The wives of Will Carling and Oliver Hoare come to mind.

Why dredge that bit of gutter press dross up at this time eh? You're so showing up your type m'dear. If you can't say anything relevant, do shut it

... do you 'do' irony... m'dear?

When I started work in a bank, a very junior 16 year old, the first job on a Monday morning was to fill the inkwells on the customer desks, and replace the blotting paper.

We were very cost conscious, so the blotting paper was reversed and the clean side used.

The manager then used the old customer blotting paper on his desk.

Waste not, want not was obviously the Bank’s motto back then,

Oh, happy days!

We staff always used proper ink pens as well,

merlotgran I recall the position of ink monitor being a rather onerous one. The responsibility of mixing the ink and then pouring it into inkwells fitted into our desks was not to be taken lightly, and then inky fingers to contend with - whatever that ink was made of certainly wasn’t designed to wash off easily, I can just imagine the annoyance a leaking pen would cause. (I never quite understood where the ink in the inkwells went to because as you so rightly say, Quink was the ink of choice whether you were a Royal blue or blue black girl).

Going back to the OP’s topic, I do hope Camilla is sitting round the Aga in her comfortable kitchen with her children and grandchildren, enjoying tea in a mug with comfortable shoes on. I thought she looked really stricken at times, and I’m sure she needs to relax and recharge her batteries for the days ahead. Though I must say that those members of the Royal family on duty today are doing sterling work.

Good post HPQ.

Agreed HPQ

If only there was some way we could choose who we wanted to be head of state.

Oh, wait...

Peaseblossom

Quoteholcombemummy60 I totally agree with you. I have no sympathy for Charles or Camilla. William should have been King and skipped Charles. He would be young enough to cope with the huge undertaking of being our Monarch.

I am always mystified why people suggest this. Apart from honouring his late Mother by keeping his vows and remaining Sovereign until death, I would assume that Charles is trying to protect William and his young family for as long as possible.

As a point of interest; those who think that the Crown should jump a generation - is this simply because of the 'Diana situation' and the adultery (that both admitted)? If so, you may wish to read a bit more about the lives of some previous monarchs.

Who puts an inkwell at the bottom edge of a document so that the hapless person attempting to sign has to reach over it?

Someone who has grown up with ball point pens and permanent markers.

Those of us of a certain age can well remember fountain pens, bottles of Quink, inky fingers, inkwells and blotting paper.

They needed an ink monitor! ?

Rosina

Oh! Charles got inky in Ireland did he? I missed that!

*Yes. And, ‘get yer trousers on son, you’re nicked’
Though we’ve yet to hear that used as common parlance on here'.*

Give it time, Fanny - just when you think you've seen and heard it all....

Rosina

...and I didn't think Charles had ink on his hands - I thought he gestured for an aide to move the inkwell in case he knocked it over the document. It was all so badly placed, on a table that was far too small. Who puts an inkwell at the bottom edge of a document so that the hapless person attempting to sign has to reach over it?

I was thinking that 600 hundred years ago whoever it was would have been for the chop.
Luckily I think King Charles just got slightly annoyed, understandably.

Oh! Charles got inky in Ireland did he? I missed that!

Rosina

Wasn't that phrase regulary used by John Thaw in 'The Sweeney'? (1970's TV )

Yes. And, ‘get yer trousers on son, you’re nicked’
Though we’ve yet to hear that used as common parlance on here

I’m new to this forum and posting for the first time. It was refreshing to read so many understanding and sympathetic posts. Yes, they both look exhausted.

They live in Clarence House. Camilla goes to her home in
Wiltshire to see her children and Grandchildren

It's interesting that after 17 years of marriage our new King and Queen still don't live together.

Charles has gone off to Highgrove and Camilla to her own home in Wiltshire!

Surely the inky pen incident happened in N.Ireland whereas the inkwell incident was in London. There, the table was overcrowded and he was trying to sign an historical document.

...and I didn't think Charles had ink on his hands - I thought he gestured for an aide to move the inkwell in case he knocked it over the document. It was all so badly placed, on a table that was far too small. Who puts an inkwell at the bottom edge of a document so that the hapless person attempting to sign has to reach over it?

Wasn't that phrase regulary used by John Thaw in 'The Sweeney'? (1970's TV )

Reading criticism of gutter press with ‘shut it’ !

Yes. Eat your heart out Noel Coward

What type says ‘shut it’

You have such a pleasant turn of phrase Gabrielle56. What was that about ‘type’? Pot, kettle?

Deedaa

I will just say that Diana did a fair bit of shredding herself. The wives of Will Carling and Oliver Hoare come to mind.

Why dredge that bit of gutter press dross up at this time eh? You're so showing up your type m'dear. If you can't say anything relevant, do shut it

crazyH

They must be soooooooooo tired. How do they do it ?

How? You have to ask? Perhaps it's because they're not running around like a headless one organising and trying to finance a funeral for ones mum, along with trying to keep it all together having had ones"one day" or compassionate leave after a close family member's demise? They are old yes. It's sad yes. But they aren't exactly "doing it" themselves if at all are they? I wish them well of course I do but let's not get daft about it all!

I thought Camilla seemed to calm Charles down after the pen incident. Anyone would of thrown a wobbler if they got ink all on their hands. He is in mourning for his dear mother and extremely exhausted I'm sure.
I think they make a great pair and she is good for him. He deserves his time on the throne now and I hope the doubters are proven wrong.