No Touching, I'm A Monarch

[Canary42]

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/jay-blades-defends-breaking-royal-113000481.html

I seem to recall that Michelle Obama once got some stick for touching Queen Elizabeth.

[gl556tr]

A butterfly?

[Peter Pedant]

that must be touching the old gals bottom

The King used to touch for Kings Evil - I think Johnson was ( of dictionary fame) one of the last - last done I think 1717
The standard ABer ( not you not you) is so flop-headed they never bovva to look it up
Cutaneous TB - rash was 'apple jelly'
and blanched on compression wivva microscope slide

you never see it now ( cutaneous TB)

(Time for a thousand Abers to raise their heads from the table and exclaim - wwhat the funicular!)

[tomus42]

He was a prince at the time. It's probably OK to touch them, besides which no-one really cares anyway.

[Ken4155]

Didn't Paul Keating (Aussie PM at the time) put his arm around the Queen back in the day?

[Canary42]

Thanks PP, your posts rarely fail to brighten my day :-)

[Peter Pedant]

canary - nice to hear you tweet
have a good day

[douglas9401]

Not much of an issue really given the inconvenience of lugging a bargepole about the place.

[perseverer]

The program was filmed in two chunks, several months apart. I think if the Prince (as he was at the time) had felt there was any problem there would have been a quiet word before the second set of filming.

[barry1010]

I watched the programme and Charles has happy and relaxed throughout. If he objected to being touched Jay would very quickly have been told.

[sandyRoe]

Noli me tangeri, could be the new royal motto.

[maggiebee]

Dear God, we're still in the dark ages apparently! Who does he think he is? Does he think he'll catch some deadly disease if a common person touches him?

[barry1010]

Charles didn't complain, he genuinely seemed to enjoy Jay's company

[MargoTester]

Somebody who seems to have a love for your country that made him care enough to save a house and contents being sold and sets up apprenticeship for people to learn skills

[Sqad]

/////Who does he think he is? Does he think he'll catch some deadly disease if a common person touches him?///

He is the KING and I don't want my monarch to be the same as anyone else.

No touching would be essential as in "modern" GB, one never knows what will be in the next person's hand.

[davebro]

I wouldn't touch him with a barge pole!

[MargoTester]

I guess that won't worry him overly^

[maggiebee]

"I'm the King of the Castle, get down you dirty rascal" Some things never change.

[davebro]

//I guess that won't worry him overly^//

It would if he needed CPR & I was the only one around! LOL

[MargoTester]

I'm not sure that I would particularly like perfect strangers mauling me about, would you.

[davebro]

no - I guess you're right. Better he stay shut up in one of his many castles/house.