King Charles underneath scrutiny after reviews of workers job cuts at former residence

Reports that as much as 100 workers at King Charles III’s former residence may lose their jobs have drawn criticism of the British monarchy inside days of his accession to the throne.

The Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday that dozens of workers at Clarence House, Charles’ former official residence, got discover that their jobs have been on the road. The report stated the notices got here within the midst of a busy interval of transition as Charles and his spouse Camilla, the queen consort, transfer to Buckingham Palace after Queen Elizabeth II’s loss of life on Thursday.

The Public and Commercial Services Union known as the royals’ choice to tell workers of job cuts throughout a interval of mourning “nothing short of heartless.”

“While some changes across the households were to be expected, as roles across the royal family change, the scale and speed at which this has been announced is callous in the extreme,” the union’s common secretary, Mark Serwotka, stated.

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Britain is in a nationwide interval of mourning till Monday, when the queen’s state funeral might be held.

In a press release, Clarence House stated that following Charles’ accession, operations of his and Camilla’s family “have ceased” and “as required by law, a consultation process has begun.”

“Our staff have given long and loyal service and, while some redundancies will be unavoidable, we are working urgently to identify alternative roles for the greatest possible number of staff,” the assertion added.

The Guardian stated one unnamed member of Charles’ workers informed the newspaper that “everyone is absolutely livid people were visibly shaken by it.”

The criticism added to destructive press for the 73-year-old monarch after two movies displaying him visibly irritated by a leaky pen and a pen holder went viral on social media in current days.

In one video, Charles was seen dropping his mood at a leaking pen whereas he was signing a guests’ ebook in entrance of cameras in Northern Ireland, the place he was visiting Tuesday on the most recent leg of his royal tour of the U.Okay.’s 4 nations.

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Charles was heard exclaiming “Oh god I hate this!” and muttering “I can’t bear this bloody thing every stinking time.”

The video got here after one other pen-related incident on Saturday, when the brand new monarch was seen gesturing in irritation at his workers when a pen holder obtained in his method as he signed a doc throughout his accession ceremony.

Charles has been underneath intense media scrutiny and had a grueling schedule since his mom’s loss of life in Scotland on Thursday. He and Camilla flew from Scotland to London for his accession ceremony and a go to to Parliament to handle legislators, earlier than flying again to Scotland the place he walked behind the queen’s coffin.

He then jetted to Northern Ireland on Tuesday and returned to London the identical night time, in time for the procession of the queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday.

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