Am I alone thinking this about King Charles today?

Riverwalk

NotSpaghetti

Is this the footage?
metro.co.uk/video/charles-camilla-arrive-colchester-celebrate-new-city-status-2892139/

The inside floor of the vehicle does look very odd!

Goodness, they both looked very out of sorts and unsure of themselves in that clip.

As for Camilla getting out of the car - it's hard for the person who has to take a few steps to the other door as even in a royal car you have to take those steps whilst being bent over!

Really sorry if I am being a bit dense but all I can see is a sea of protestors and a man shouting through a megaphone. I can't see C & C at all.

I give up. Another post vanished midway and no way to retrieve and amend it.

What age do we have to be to be thought capable of editing and/or deleting our own posts?

I still cannot find the film footage

I remember Diana pass

katy1950

I never thought I would ever use these words but I'm sick and tired of the whole bunch if them they are so entitled. I sadly feel its time the monarchy was dissolved

Feeling the same ! When people admire them for their packed schedules I feel sickened that rates of children living in poverty have soared over the past decade.

Really, who cares?

I noticed Camilla’s difficulty too - very odd, no one assisted her and Charles never looked back….

I couldn't get the video to work properly so haven't been able to see the incident you are referring to.

But, perhaps we should take the following into account.

Camilla might, just might, like many others be embarrassed about needing help to get in or out of cars and have asked not to be assisted either by her husband or by an equerry.

Not a good idea, as it sounds rather odd for any husband just to walk off regardless of whether his wife is actually with him or not.

I doubt it has anything to do with proctocol, as royal proctocol still states firmly that the sovereign takes first place whether he is offering his arm to his queen or not, so there is no need for the king to have walked off alone.

The Duke of Edinburgh could not walk beside Queen Elizabeth II because she was queen and he as a prince and duke ranked below her,

A queen consort is like any other married woman inferior in the table of precedence to her husband. (Don't eat me ladies, I didn't make these rules.) So she can walk beside her husband instead of three paces behind him.

But hands in pockets are definitely not good manners!

If they are cold: wear gloves!

Whoever you are, all boys of our generation, and His Majesty is only 3 years older than I, were taught it was the height of bad manners to keep their hands in their pockets in public.

The reason never dawned upon me, but DH kindly explained to me, when we were newly married, that boys or men with a hand, or both, in their pockets were commonly said to be playing with themselves. Thus the embargo on doing so in public!

Female, wifey-woman as I am, I had not realised they could actually reach the penises from their trouser pockets.

I don't doubt his explanation, but it doesn't explain why we girls were not allowed to keep our hands in our pockets, as no-one ever told little girls of my generation that we could play with ourselves in that sense!

Giving people your left hand to shake is also rude, so if the Queen has a sore hand, she should refrain from shaking hands at all, but just smile and bow her head a little.

As it is the prerogative of a lady, and of the person of highest rank, to decide whether to shake hands or not, she would be doing nothing wrong by not shaking hands.

But that said, could we not just give King Charles and Queen Camila a little more time to get used to things?

Or perhaps get her dresser or lady-in-waiting to suggest substituting a shoulder-bag over the left shoulder for the clutch bag?

Is it just me. I can barely see the car let alone the inside on Metro footage?

My husband must be related to him...

I never thought I would ever use these words but I'm sick and tired of the whole bunch if them they are so entitled. I sadly feel its time the monarchy was dissolved

I'm pretty sure he must have been taught good manners from an early age especially re the 'hands in pockets' i bet Queen Elizabeth was fed up of reminding him over the years...🤭

Yes Gundy i think youre right- as if they are saying "Right, its my turn now, its all about me me me

I cant see any of that on that footage for the crowd! I think with all the revelations/evictions lately that becoming King at such a late age has sent him a little eccentric perhaps....🤔

Reminiscent of Trump getting out of the limousine on Inauguration Day 2016 and charging up the steps to the White House to greet the Obamas… while leaving his wife behind to walk up alone, rather than as a couple.

When they do this - it’s Always Only About Them.
USA Gundy

Charles is a spoilt, arrogant brat, what else do you expect?

The Kings brst friend was Jimmy SAVILE. Say no more

Well his best friend was Jimmy Savil. Says alot

Urmstongran

He & Camilla arrived in Colchester. As the limousine drew up, Charles got out of the car and walked straight off to be saluted at and greeted. But my gaze strayed to Camilla who struggled on what looked like a springy soft mattress on the car floor, to get her balance and get herself out of the vehicle.

Look, I know her husband is the King but the optics just looked bad. What happened to common courtesy? Could he not have waited one minute to assist his 75y old wife by offering an arm? Or does his status mean he is above all this?

Poor lady I really felt for her!

I doubt you are alone, sadly. However, I would guess you are in a minority who even give a damn.

welbeck

wouldn't it be nice if charles took on the last monarch's practice of wearing bright colours in public.
he'd look snazzy in a bright fuschia overcoat, or lemon yellow, or lime green.

Following fashion icon, Michael Portillo, presumably.

I'm also thinking I would never be able to cope with the schedules they have and I'm about the same age. I think it's just too much for people in their 70s. The Queen had settled into her role when she was young, so her schedules and procedures were well established by the time she reached her 70s. Becoming King and Queen is a lot for C&C to take on at their time of life.

What I'm thinking about King Charles is that I would hate to be in his shoes.

ginny

I think she was just making sure she put the most comfort ( for her)foot out first. Didn’t seem to struggle actually getting out.
Was Charles never taught that it was bad manners to keep hands in your pockets , even one hand.?

He’s the King and can do as he likes. He has always kept his hands in his pockets and / or clasped his hands behind his back. Not bad manners at all, just relaxed and casual. Poor devils with people watching their every move, must get on their nerves.

The late Queen never had help getting in and out of cars. I think she must have stated this as even latterly, she made her own way out.
However, we are all not made the same as her!

Protocol, probably they had talked it over as in "you'd better go ahead": possibly, Camilla, feeling wobbly, preferred the attention going properly to Charles getting out to meet and greet. Practically, I think the door opener could have given the help quickly and no fuss but then we don't know what Camilla wanted do we? Not letting vulnerabilities show....