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King Charles caught in a torrential 5 minute downpour yesterday on the royal Caribbean tour.

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FriedGreenTomatoes2 Mon 02-Nov-26 12:51:58

The Queen later laughed it off as she scurried away with a huge birdcage umbrella passed to her but poor KC got soaked.

Apparently our national anthem was playing and out of respect all were standing and no one moved.

Which I can understand to an extent.

However I think someone ought to have used their common sense in this situation! Did no one look at the weather forecast (very accurate within minutes for Formula 1 racing!).

I felt sorry for the poor chap especially on his cancer treatment and hope his wet linen suit doesn’t bring in pneumonia as he will be severely immunocompromised. Maybe I just worry too much or am too soft?

MaizieD Mon 02-Nov-26 12:58:31

Too soft, FGT. The Caribbean climate being what it is he will not have been cold and wet (which is really miserable) and will soon have dried off grin

HelterSkelter1 Mon 02-Nov-26 13:27:08

He certainly got drenched. Surprised no one had a brolly to hand. He didnt look happy. I would have been pretty angry if I were King! Luckily the Queen was passed one quite quickly. You could see the wind was picking up and rain on its way.

Jaxjacky Mon 02-Nov-26 13:44:24

He joked later ‘I could grow watercress on my suit’, possibly through gritted teeth.