In King Charles news, a new book has claimed that his temper can flare up in an instant if things aren’t done to his exact liking.
According to royal author Tom Quinn, whose upcoming book Yes Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants will publish on February 18, the 76-year-old monarch can have “little bursts of irritation”.
King Charles ‘can lose his temper in a split second,’ new book claims
In an extract from the book, seen by the Daily Mail, one former royal servant apparently explained how the smallest details can spark King Charles’ irritation.
“Charles and Camilla do treat their staff well,” the insider allegedly shared. “But you always feel that they would no more fly without an airplane than invite you to have tea with them.
“And Charles does have little bursts of irritation with his staff. Perhaps he hasn’t been given exactly the right teacup, perfectly polished shoes, and toothpaste neatly squeezed on to his toothbrush in exactly the way he likes it. He loses his temper in a split second but usually quickly regrets it.”
While King Charles has become mostly known for his calm demeanor, a couple of public outbursts in recent years have seen him seemingly lose his cool.
For example, in 2022 at Hillsborough Castle, the king hit out over a leaky pen. Charles exclaimed: “I can’t bear this bloody thing,” when the pen leaked in his hand.
Prince William and his father ‘both get irritated quickly’
According to Tom Quinn’s book, King Charles’ irritability isn’t unique within the royal family.
Apparently, both the king and his eldest son Prince William get “irritated very quickly”.
“They both get irritated very quickly. Throughout their lives, they have had these things done for them, so they are very picky. It comes naturally to them,” a former staff member reportedly claimed.
Charles’ youngest son Prince Harry can also reportedly overreact to small issues behind closed doors.
“I remember once in his private apartments I’d muddled some of his papers on his desk. He was immediately angry, and it was out of proportion to the problem,” a former royal servant recalled, according to the book. “I was surprised at how cross he was about something so trivial, but his other staff had experienced similar incidents.”
But while Charles, William, and Harry’s outbursts were described as brief moments of irritation, former staff branded the king’s younger brother Prince Andrew “bad-tempered”.
In the book, one former aide reportedly described Andrew as a “classic school bully”. They claimed Andrew became “imperious and bossy and bad-tempered if anything went wrong or wasn’t done exactly to his liking”.
