The page boy kept fiddling with the dressing gown that had been made for it That of King Edward VII coronation in 1902, causing the monarch to pull and shake the stately mantle to signal the page to drape it over the arm of the throne. This follows numerous unpleasant cases since His Majesty’s accession to the throne following the death of Elizabeth II, on September 8, 2022.
His regal temper first emerged with a pen during his Accession Council meeting in September 2022, then returned when it came to aides trying fasten Queen Camilla’s coat! During a visit to the Channel Islands on Monday 15 July, Her Majesty’s overcoat was torn, leading to His Majesty shouting to aides: “Come and help her!” lip reader Jacqui Pers presented.
The monarch was heard telling his consort to “move your arm through the back of the jacket sleeve.” You can tell the king is getting more nervous by the second as he asks his court of assistants to gesture to solve the problem.