King Charles III left the room in a panic after forgetting the date while signing a book during a royal engagement.
The 74-year-old monarch enjoyed a moment of levity amid a media firestorm surrounding Prince Harry’s explosive memories as he laughed off the blunder while visiting the Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed.
Donning a kilt and blazer for his trip to Scotland, the king was seen chatting with others at the hub – a local space that aims to bring its residents together through workshops, arts, crafts and other wellness activities.
However, a video from the Daily Mail’s royal editor Rebecca English on Twitter captured a light-hearted moment where he had to ask what day January is while signing the guestbook.
King Charles left the room in stitches after he forgot the date while signing a book during a royal engagement
‘January something’, he can be heard saying, before quickly adding, ‘day twelve’.
A helpful spectator happily confirmed the date.
‘It’s still the summer of ’22, sir,’ he joked.
The clip also showed an excerpt of the King’s conversation with what appears to be a volunteer at the hub.
The King said he was “very impressed” to receive a plaque made to commemorate his visit to community groups in Aberdeenshire. He also had tea with members of the Aboyne Men’s Shed, which is housed in the community shed, and watched craft skills including woodworking and stone carving in action.
Charles’s visit, which appears to be in high spirits, is a stark contrast to his appearance earlier today.
The 74-year-old monarch enjoyed a moment of levity amid a media firestorm surrounding Prince Harry’s explosive memories as he laughed off the blunder while visiting the Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed
The King looked impassive as he got behind the wheel of his car near Birkhall, Aberdeenshire – hours after the Princess of Wales also went undercover for the first time since Prince Harry’s memoir hit shelves.
It was the first time he had been seen in public since his youngest son appeared on US talk shows taking tequila shots to promote his controversial autobiography.
Harry told The Late Show that he and Meghan were ‘forced’ to flee ‘our home country’ of Britain to ‘beautiful California’ because of ‘abuse and harassment’.
He then said, ‘We’ve created a fantastic life here in California, which is beautiful by the way, and America is a great place to live,’ before toasting Colbert to applause.
The King fancied a meeting with well-wishers during a visit to the Aboyne and Mid Deeside Community Shed in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
His Majesty maintained a dignified silence during the Duke of Sussex’s onslaught.
He and Camilla reportedly arrived at their ‘marital home’ in Scotland last week for a ‘well deserved’ break.
Birkhall is where Charles and Camilla got engaged and where they honeymooned in 2005.
The king previously revealed that he finds the property “calm and peaceful”.
The King met with local hardship support groups and toured the new facilities on his visit.
He told the BBC: ‘One of the most wonderful things about [Birkhall] it’s near this river called the Muick, and it has this wonderful sound of rushing water.
“When you’re at home, it’s very calm and peaceful, I think. It was also the first place that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought in 1848 before they bought Balmoral, it has a very special atmosphere.
‘The house is wonderful because it was built in 1713 and has been extended since then, but it’s the setting and the atmosphere.’
The Princess of Wales also came out in public for the first time since Harry made a series of allegations about his troubled relationship with Meghan.
Prince Harry claimed the Princess of Wales was among his family members who ‘stereotyped’ his wife Meghan. Royal wives are pictured June 2018
The Duke of Sussex has given his first full account of the infamous bridesmaid dress at the heart of ‘Megxit’, claiming Princess Charlotte ‘cried when she tried it on at home’ and insisting the incident was handled by her sister-in-law Kate, who seemed annoyed that Meghan had taken a day to get back to her about the issue.
The rift between the two women was, he said, further exacerbated by Kate’s reluctance to visit Meghan’s tailor at Kensington Palace and suggestions that they throw a party for the pageboys when his bride-to-be was busy dealing with a row with her father. , Thomas Markle.
Harry also used an interview with ITV journalist and old friend Tom Bradby to accuse Kate of ‘stereotyping’ Meghan because she was an American actress and is divorced and biracial, saying this prevented them from ‘accepting’ her.
Prince Harry told Tom Bradby he felt “a little awkward” being a “third wheel” for Prince William and Kate Middleton before he met Meghan. The trio photographed in 2012
Asked what he meant, the Duke said: ‘Well, American actress, divorced, biracial, there’s – there’s all different parts to that and what that might mean, but if you are, as many of my family do, if you’re reading the Press, the British tabloids, at the same time as you’re living life, then there’s a trend where you can actually end up living in the tabloid bubble rather than the real reality.’
Meghan was previously married to American TV producer Trevor Engelson for three years from 2011 to 2014.
Before meeting Harry, Meghan starred in the American legal drama series Suits, in which she played paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane.
Tom said Harry saw his brother’s wife as ‘the sister you never had’, with the two having known each other since William and Kate started dating in 2003.
It was the first time he had been seen in public since his youngest son appeared on US talk shows drinking tequila shots to promote his controversial autobiography.
The pair are believed to have hit it off, with Harry joining her and William on engagements before meeting Meghan – although he did tell Bradby that while the events were “fun”, he sometimes felt “a little too strange” being the “third steering wheel”.
Harry also said the idea of him, his wife and the Prince and Princess of Wales being the ‘fabulous four’ was ‘something the British press created’ and ‘creates competition’.
He told Tom: ‘The idea of the four of us being together was always a hope for me.
“Before I was Meghan, whoever I was, I always hoped that the four of us would get along.
‘But very quickly it became Meghan versus Kate.
’ And this, when it unfolds so publicly, you can’t hide from it, right? Especially when within my family you have the newspapers laid out practically in every palace and house around.’
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