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Britain
Prince Charles has his shoelaces ironed every morning
2018-11-02
[PAGESIX] Being first in line for the British throne may have gone to Prince Charles’ head.

The Prince of Wales, 69, has reportedly earned a special nickname among the staff at Clarence House: The Pampered Prince. That’s because, according to Amazon Prime’s new documentary "Serving the Royals: Inside the Firm," Charles needs help doing just about everything.

"His pajamas are pressed every morning, his shoelaces are pressed flat with an iron, the bath plug has to be in a certain position and the water temperature has to be just tepid," Princess Diana’s former butler, Paul Burrell, revealed in the documentary, per Yahoo.

Burrell even said that Charles "has his valets squeeze one inch of toothpaste onto his toothbrush every morning."

The butler’s duties reportedly extend to fetching items just a few feet away from the prince. "On one occasion, he rang me from his library and he said, ’Oh Paul, a letter from the Queen seems to have fallen into my wastepaper bin. Would you pick it out?'" Burrell claimed.

This isn’t the first time that Prince Charles’ odd behavior has made headlines. A recently published book by Tom Bowers, "Rebel Prince, The Power, Passion And Defiance Of Prince Charles," includes interviews with more than 120 people who share outlandish stories about working for the royals.

Posted by:Fred

#10  It's one approach to encouraging full employment.
Posted by: james   2018-11-02 22:19  

#9  I can't help but think Mum has a secret backup plan to... dispose of her on event of her death. It wouldn't surprise me to even see him die shortly before her own.

Or we could be entirely wrong. A mothers unconditional love is a strong force, and the Queen is a strong woman.
Posted by: Charles   2018-11-02 18:54  

#8  Somehow I don't think the Queen Mum will allow this piece to inherent.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-11-02 14:42  

#7  On the Mall, of a morning, a butler
Has a mumble with valet and cutler:
"Subliminal hints
Are alarming the Prince,
So, per Mum, we must try something subtler."
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-11-02 14:08  

#6   I hope his mom lives to be 120.

Long live the Queen!
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2018-11-02 12:33  

#5  His face needs to be ironed.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-11-02 09:40  

#4  His shoelaces have a bigger carbon footprint than my car.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-11-02 08:44  

#3  "His pajamas are pressed every morning, his shoelaces are pressed flat with an iron, the bath butt plug has to be in a certain position and the water temperature has to be just tepid,"

Tepid perfectly describes this waste of skin
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-02 06:36  

#2  Remoinds me of the Eddie Murphy movie 'Coming to America":

Wipers!


(Does the Prince here also have people dedicated t wiping his ass too?)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-11-02 00:51  

#1  I hope his mom lives to be 120.
Posted by: gorb   2018-11-02 00:49  

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