# The reign of King Charles III of the United Kingdom **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 8, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232 "2022-09-08T18:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 25
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/481 "2022-09-30T14:25:03Z")
Re your second point-- yeah, that’s what I mean. Like this business with the pen recently. Holy shit, I’ve been known to throw annoying objects at the wall and leave a dent. But the world press will shine a light on whatever obnoxious human trait he displays. Of course, that applies to most celebrities, but he strikes me as someone who would just as soon not be in the public eye so much. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/482 "2022-09-30T17:21:55Z")
“I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.” - Princess Elizabeth, age 21 The Queen’s sense of duty and responsibility long preceded anything that Charles ever did. Her commitment was a response to the mess that her uncle, the Duke of Windsor, made of _his_ life and her father’s. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/483 "2022-09-30T18:02:57Z")
It’s Pakistani thank you very much. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/484 "2022-09-30T18:03:13Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > New coin design released: > [https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/new-uk-coins-featuring-image-king-charles-revealed-2022-09-29/](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/new-uk-coins-featuring-image-king-charles-revealed-2022-09-29/) Hmm. It almost looks like another Charles… DeGaulle. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/485 "2022-09-30T18:03:43Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > The Queen’s sense of duty and responsibility long preceded anything that Charles ever did Seeing as he wasn’t born then… ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/486 "2022-09-30T18:10:59Z")
The Koh e Noor was taken by an Irishman and the same was ratified by a Scot. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/487 "2022-09-30T18:13:59Z")
Dupe. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/488 "2022-09-30T18:16:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Holy shit, I’ve been known to throw annoying objects at the wall and leave a dent. I once threw my Chaucer text against the wall and broke the spine. > [@penultima\_thule](#): > > ‘Blue John’ flourite This stuff is cool, but the best is hella expensive. _Sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/489 "2022-09-30T19:20:11Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I once threw my Chaucer text against the wall and broke the spine. Fortunately since he was already dead, he didn’t feel it. 🤭 I’ll be here all week, folks! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/490 "2022-09-30T19:22:00Z")
I want a Chaucer! Does he wash windows? ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/491 "2022-09-30T21:57:23Z")
Mine didn’t. Lazy bastard. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/492 "2022-09-30T22:26:46Z")
I suspect it remains to be seen whether or not her reign will be seen as unique or not. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/493 "2022-09-30T22:27:04Z")
I can’t get over the fact that he travels with his own toilet seat and has his staff iron his shoelaces. > **[Prince Charles lives a quirky, spoiled existence, claims a new documentary](https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/11/01/prince-charles-lives-a-quirky-spoiled-existence-claims-a-new-documentary/amp/)** > > A new documentary, “Serving the Royals: Inside the Firm,” claims that Charles is unable or unwilling to do anything for himself. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/494 "2022-09-30T22:37:34Z")
The shoelace thing is really, really, bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/495 "2022-10-01T02:12:02Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > can’t get over the fact that he travels with his own toilet seat and has his staff iron his shoelaces. Didn’t his mother used to travel with her own coffin in case she died overseas? ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/496 "2022-10-01T02:14:56Z")
I believe I’ve heard that Madonna takes along her own toilet seat as well. I think it’s not all that uncommon. For one thing, they don’t want to leave weird “souvenirs” everywhere they go. Ricky Gervais tells a story about his dad being assigned to build an entirely new restroom just for the queen to use on a particular visit somewhere in his town. He was disappointed that she didn’t need it during her visit. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/497 "2022-10-01T08:13:26Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I can’t get over the fact that he travels with his own toilet seat… A ‘fact’ he himself has denied. [‘Don’t believe that crap!’ How Prince Charles shocked radio listeners when asked about a royal rumour (telegraph.co.uk)](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/05/prince-charles-insists-dont-believe-crap-personal-loo-seat/) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/498 "2022-10-01T08:21:38Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I can’t get over the fact that he travels with his own toilet seat and has his staff iron his shoelaces. If you were a king, would you _not_? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/499 "2022-10-01T08:39:55Z")
A bit like the Imperial Crown of India. There have been suggestions that it be given to some Indian authority, but who exactly. > **[Imperial Crown of India](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_India)** > > The Imperial Crown of India is the crown that was used by King George V in his capacity as Emperor of India at the Delhi Durbar of 1911. > Tradition prohibits the Crown Jewels from leaving the United Kingdom, a product of the days when kings and queens often pawned the jewels to foreign buyers. There are also considerable risks involved in transporting the historic regalia by sea and land over such a great distance. For these reasons, a new crown was made specially for George V and Queen Mary's ... ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/500 "2022-10-02T10:50:55Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Ricky Gervais tells a story about his dad being assigned to build an entirely new restroom just for the queen to use on a particular visit somewhere in his town. He was disappointed that she didn’t need it during her visit. My late father told us how they spent several thousand redecorating and soundproofing the female lavatory at the Sedgewick Centre in eastern London before Princess Alexandra’s visit so that the assembled dignitaries outside wouldn’t hear the sound of the royal tinkle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=26)