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When King Charles' aide grabbed journalist's microphone for asking this question
In 2018, the monarch addressed criticism leveled at him in a BBC documentary marking his 70th birthday.
A palace aide had once grabbed a journalist's microphone at an event attended by King Charles III in 2015. The video was shot when Charles was still the Prince of Wales and was attending a royal event at the time when a political scandal was breaking about a series of letters he had written to politicians. It has been widely shared on social media.
The scandal was called the "black spider memos" by UK press because of King Charles' style of handwriting. The letters then became a subject of intense debate as it was revealed that the prince had written them to politicians with his concerns regarding policy areas such as social housing and the environment. The monarch was criticised as royal family members usually do not comment or interfere in matters of UK politics and policy.
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In response the palace had then said, “The Prince of Wales cares deeply about this country, and tries to use his unique position to help others. He has devoted most of his working life to helping individuals and organisations, to make a difference for the better of this country and the world.”
In 2018, the monarch addressed criticism leveled at him in a BBC documentary marking his 70th birthday.
“The idea, somehow, that I'm going to go on in exactly the same way, if I have to succeed, is complete nonsense because the two, the two situations, are completely different," he said.
