King Charles III is no stranger to controversy.
And now that he is king, his unconventional persona is all the more jarring.
Unlike his mom, Charles has hard a difficult time shying away from voicing his often contentious opinions.
Of course, Charles has been rebellious and divisive long before then.
Of course, becoming king hasn’t changed Charles' personality.
Since taking the throne in September 2022, he has been the subject of controversy several times over.
The expenditure led to criticism from the public.
When he became king, he immediately suffered a number of stylographic mishaps.
Subsequently,folks accused Charles of being rudeto those in less privileged positions than himself.
At the same event, he also gestured at the aide to clear his desk for him.
“The servant must clear my desk for me.
I can’t be expected to move things,” one person joked onX, formerly known as Twitter.
That wasn’t the last angry pen outburst we saw from Charles.
He alsoforgot the date, signing the document September 12 instead of September 13.
The king was later able to poke fun at his pen gaffes duringhis speech at Mansion House in 2023.
“Our ability to laugh at ourselves is one of our great national characteristics,” he said.
The decision led to a backlash from the Public and Commercial Services Union, which branded the king heartless.
King Charles' meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen drew hefty criticism
According to protocol.
the British monarch is supposed to remain politically neutral.
Years earlier, the then-prince called for direct actionover the climate crisis.
Afterward, he was widely criticized for seemingly weighing in on the ongoing and ever-divisive Brexit debate.
“It’s crass and will go down very badly in [Northern Ireland],” she wrote.
In September 2023, he held a meeting on carbon emissions at Dumfries House in Scotland.
The king invited three government ministers to the gathering with the goal of appointing a new Net Zero Minister.
However, Charles made the politicians fly 400 miles to Scotland, paid for by the British public.
Environmentalist outletRepoterrecalled out Charles, arguing that his frequent flier miles were incongruous with his activism against carbon emissions.
“Two plane trips for a state visit which will last three days.
The ecological results of Charles III’s trip to France are not rosy,” the outlet argued.
“To come to Paris, the British sovereign took the plane.
However, French officials countered that train travel would have posed a security risk,Expressreported.
In the midst of criticism, the palace confirmed that the king would be anointed with cruelty-free oil instead.
But the backlash from animal rights groups did not end there.
The royal family also has a long history of hunting.
Speaking toExpress, PR exec Pam Lyddon argued that the shoot was in poor taste.
“I know there’s historic reasons to take these.
But the PR part of me thought, that’s enough now,” the exec said.
“It’s showing how grand it is, it’s ‘look how rich we are.’
I mean, nobody dresses like that.
It’s quite old fashioned and very unreliable,” she said.
However, he ultimately decided to head to the ceremony, sans his wife, Meghan Markle.
Moreover, Harry did not feature in any of the official coronation photos.
The coronation also happened to fall on Harry and Meghan’s son’s birthday.
Additionally,Archie’s previous birthdaywas acknowledged by the Clarence House Twitter account.
