King Charles signals to aide to remove pens during signing of oath

King Charles III struggled to find enough room on his desk during his proclamation ceremony at St James's Palace.

Britain's new monarch needed someone to take a tray of pens away before he could resume signing his documents

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[nuckinfuts]

He's been unemployed for 60 years and not used to hard work like signing papers so give the guy a break.

[richardchow]

Considering the documents he''s signing is so huge in size. Don't they have a larger table? Comedy gold!

[themechanictangerine]

Had this happened 500 years ago the aide would have lost his head.

[lowlanz]

If this is what he does in front of cameras, just imagine how he would act with no cameras.

[kennethraymondmoore]

Thank you. The signaling of the removal of those pens was the most significant moment in the last week of Charles's life and I was afraid no one was going to report on this!

[bvwrvwx]

Man, this guy's memes career is just starting.

[katherine]

Yes the table is small but you don’t see William acting like that. Nor would you ever see the queen acting like that either

[acegoat]

This is news worthy. Thank you Guardian.

[jodesmobile]

Do you think that's the face he'd make when Mummy said "no"

[spellbound]

Why didn’t he just move the pen tray over the other side himself, William had no trouble.

[danijelful]

I'm glad this young man finaly found a job at the age of 73. He will now get well paid for doing absolutely nothing

[lvxmagick]

Well they gave him a desk the size of a coffee table.. I would be a little bit annoyed as well if he even was.

[dylanthomas]

It must be difficult to start taking responsibility at age 73 for the first time in his life!

[HowtoMakeThings]

A:”What’s the smallest desk we’ve got?”
B:”Dunno they are all pretty big tbh. Why?”
A:”Wouldn’t it be hilarious if the new king had no space and had to struggle moving things around to sign the most important document in his life. He’ll probably get annoyed”
B:”Brilliant. I’ll grab the table with the lamp on”

[robbullen]

Should have a table as big as Putins. This was embarrasing...especially as the pen and ink were a gift from his sons.

[bokijunior]

A 73 year old child gets his first job ever...utterly spoiled those royals.

[TheNeilsolaris]

William found the practical solution and placed the pens on the document!

[bonoireland]

Give 2 minutes of your time to a homeless person. Something that actually matters.

[matheusmagno]

The Queen would've joked about it if the same thing had happened to her. The aide would've probably taken it out as the Queen laughed. That's speculation, yes, but seems to me something she'd do.

[oldenglishsheepdogfun]

William is so nice and respectful of people I think