King Charles Already Being Called out for Disrespecting Royal Staff
Public Servant
Clean my desk peasants an then lick my hand again 😀🤡
— Vjeran (@vjeran_cry) September 12, 2022
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
In the modern era, the king is meant to be a public servant, and the royal family emphasizes this aspect of their role often. Some viewers thought that this video contradicted that idea pretty starkly.
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"The servant must clear my desk for me. I can't be expected to move things." pic.twitter.com/0pZqY2Xopq
— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) September 10, 2022
Many commenters appended their own guesses about what the king was thinking or saying during this clip. They projected a haughty, entitled voice onto him.
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King Charles if he had to move things off his own desk pic.twitter.com/iUYKqHCb6e
— Seasonally Depressive Autumn Hater (@katamaridumassy) September 11, 2022
Users shared memes implying that the king was not strong or coordinated enough to clear his own desk. It didn't take long to graft this video onto other images across the internet.
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I'm seeing actual panic from BM and royalists. Now they have the international spotlight and live streams for a hot moment and the first day shows such a noticeable coldness and distance between W&K and Charles being openly rude to staff. And then they make up lies about H&M
— Gullible Fangirl 🤡 (@SneezeCocoa) September 11, 2022
👀…and Meghan Markle was accused of bullying & disrespecting palace staff. If #MeghanMarkle had behaved like this on camera it would be interpreted in the most vile way followed by media crucifixion galore but not for King Charles III. https://t.co/9yrgXtgkjG
— Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) September 11, 2022
While most people saw this video as a simple "meme of the day," some perceived it as a legitimate public relations crisis for the royal family. They quickly related it to other controversial topics King Charles will be facing in the future.
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helping people, being polite, grateful, helpful, not condescending, caring about people etc. Humanity and respect. Basically the normal rules of conduct. Things you do in addition to things you have to do from your position. That's what life is all about!
— Mike (@MikeZaandam) September 11, 2022
EXACTLY! That’s what I said! That’s what they are employed to do. Do your job. You don’t like your job, find another one.
— Stephanie Teich (@StephanieTeich) September 12, 2022
The king had his vocal defenders online. Some argued that this particular moment was taken out of context, while others thought that the king was well within his rights to order a desk cleaned before he sat down at it. They felt that it would have been unbecoming for someone of his station to clear his own desk.
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This is how King Charles treats his servants. pic.twitter.com/pwlBEPblkl
— Resilient (@KaindeB) September 10, 2022
This video clip tells you how they treat their staff. pic.twitter.com/A74jRLNduX
— Resilient (@KaindeB) September 10, 2022
It didn't take long for royal critics to dig up other videos of King Charles treating his staff impolitely.
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The world is just now waking up to the fact that King Charles III is a bit of a spoiled brat with poor manners toward his working staff.
He always has been like this. Get used to it.
— 🎃🍂Rocky Mountain Views🍂🎃 (@RockyMountViews) September 12, 2022
Finally, many people criticized the fixation on this video itself. They felt like it was not major news that the king acted this way towards his staff.
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