The monarch became frustrated and swore as the pen malfunctioned – and it seems it wasn’t his first offence. The King was at Hillsborough Castle to honor the memory of his mother, the Queen. Queen’s coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace – latest royal news updates As he signed the book he had to ask an assistant what the date was, having initially written it wrong. After finishing his note, the King gave the pen to Camilla, the Queen Consort. At this point he lost his cool with the offending instrument. “God, I hate this,” she said. His wife replied, “Oh, look, it goes everywhere,” as the King wiped the ink from his hand. An aide went to intervene and take the pen from the Queen Consort. “I can’t stand this bloody…any stinker” the King said as he walked away. Read more: King and Queen Consort meet crowds in Northern Ireland Accompanying the Queen on recent journeys was an ‘honour’ – Anne The King also needed help signing a document earlier in the succession process. During the Accession Council at St James’s Palace on Saturday, His Majesty repeatedly tapped his hand on an inkwell on the table and waited for an aide to pick it up. A former aide told Reuters that while the king could be entertaining, he was also moody and demanding.
