For a moment, I thought Prince Charles was still in Davos, Switzerland, but he already flew out. He’s in Israel right now, Jerusalem to be exact. World leaders have gathered in Jerusalem to mark the 75th anniversary – which is days away – of the liberation of Auschwitz. Prince Charles is at a ceremony at Yad Vashem and he and other leaders have all made statements to “fight anti-Semitism.” Anyway, Mike Pence was there. And Charles notably ignored him:
Prince Charles doesn’t want to touch those Mike Pence hands pic.twitter.com/eCjGBd0t2m
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 23, 2020
Charles is on my sh-tlist at the moment because of Sussexit and his lack of support for his son and daughter-in-law, if not his gleeful bus-tossing of the Sussexes as well. But this sh-t is funny. Mike Pence is such a douchebag and I would like to think that Charles completely ignored him on purpose. The reality is that Charles had probably already greeted Pence before this moment and so he didn’t do it again. Or maybe Charles just didn’t want to touch the hands which touch Mother Pence. *vom*
Meanwhile, while Charles was in Davos, he met Greta Thunberg for the first time. She seemed a big nervous and he told her that she was “remarkable.” He seemed very pleased with her.
Photos courtesy of Getty.
How do I dislike prince Charles.
Not one statement to support his son, daughter in law, and grandson.
I watched that over and over and he totally dissed Pence 😂 You can tell by Pence’s face lol
And it appears Prince Charles gives Pence the stink eye as he passes. Love it,
I think so to. I noticed Pence’s hands didn’t raise up to shake his hand, so he clearly didn’t expect a handshake. But after PC passes over Pence, you do see Pence’s hand pat him on the low back/waist, like he expected some sort of acknowledgement, like a nod, or smile or something. It was an awkward since PC didn’t give him any friendly body language.
Good for Charles for not normalizing Pence. He has never spoken out against Trump’s racism, which makes him just as guilty.
I don’t really like Prince Charles, but God love ’em, nobody can insult like the Brits. One-nil for Greta.
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I also like how happy he looked to meet Greta Thunberg. She is such a remarkable young woman.
I like this and I normally quite like Charles (despite growing up a huge Diana fan as well). I’m disappointed in his role in Sussexit. I’m mystified about why he didn’t show more public support for Harry and Meghan. I want them to have a good relationship with Charles. In the beginning, it seemed like the narrative was that Charles quite liked her and she was helping Harry and Charles to become closer. What changed, or was that all a fantasy to begin with? It’s all very unfortunate. I can see exactly what happened between William and Harry, but what happened between Charles and Harry is less clear. Cutting Harry loose doesn’t seem to benefit a Charles agenda in any way.
I noticed Charles took a private jet to Davos to talk about climate change – Lainey did a good write-up and made some good points – and surprise, surprise, there has been no outrage from the same people who threw a sustained temper tantrum about Harry and Meghan. Hm, wonder why.
ITA. I’m not super plugged in to everything that has happened, but that was my impression as well, that he liked her and things were good there. I too don’t really understand what he has to gain by bashing his own son
Sometimes I forget that we don’t actually know these people and have absolutely no idea what is going on in their lives. Harry is Charles’ son, the man will be king one day, and I don’t think it’s anyone’s job to teach or tell him how to love and support his son and daughter-in-law in public.
It is though when his support matters for this instance. This family is built on PR so there are times when public show of affection and support matters. His support of Camilla helped overturn her image. To make things worse, a group of female UK politicians released a statement of support for Meghan. So the silence from the BRF is very deafening. And they likely knew too that a stern word from Queenie and Charles would help keep the press in check. They’ve done it before. But they didn’t this time. It’s not our job to police how Charles should love his kids. But we can call out lack of support when it matters.
Charles has a lot of built up capital with the royal press pack. He could have got them to scale back their smearing, even if he couldn’t stop it entirely. I’m not trying to indict him as a father, but I am kind of puzzled at the family’s outward iciness to Harry and Meghan, particularly after the ITV documentary aired. I can only judge them on what takes place in public and the lack of public support has been noticeable. Think of the Queen driving to church with Andrew, or going to church with him the other day, or being photographed going riding with him on the Windsor Castle estate right after he was ostensibly “fired”. Harry and Meghan didn’t get any signals like this from anyone. The Queen’s official statements in the wake of Sussexit have been warm and supportive, but they felt a bit “a day late and a dollar short”.
Great point from Alexandria above about Charles and his hired PR totally rehabilitating Camilla’s public image. He was diligent with that, they both still are (Camilla is beloved among the royal press pack these days), and Charles knows how to change the narrative when he’s inclined to put in the work to do so, if it matters enough to him.
We really don’t know how they are in real life. They all look oh so nice in public so I’m not going to judge the family dynamics. I do think he supports the Sussexes otherwise he wouldn’t have agreed to pay for their living expenses for an indeterminate amount of time.
That video made my day. I don’t think they met beforehand. This looks like a receiving line. He ignored mother and her wooden idiot. You can see Pence’s face after PC passed him by. He looked miffed.
Ha! Mike Pence is an evil repressive scumbag, and I’m actually impressed Charles snubbed him. Means a little less since he glad-handed Donald Trump all over London but still.
Glad handing Trump was truly doing his duty. Once the UK exits the EU, it will need a new trade deal with the US. Flattering Trump’s fragile ego will get them more favorable terms.
He totally ignored Pence, lol. That was great. I’m not happy with Charles and Sussexit, but I’m always down for someone dissing Pence.
So Meghan gets dragged for being too political when she puts Greta Thinberg on a magazine cover called Forces For Change, but Charles gets a pass.
Whatever.
Prince Charles is on my list right now as well. Why he never stood up for Harry is beyond me. But this is really funny.
“ Or maybe Charles just didn’t want to touch the hands which touch Mother Pence. *vom*”
Oh Kaiser, you made me snort with laughter.
On a superficial note, I love that Greta is still in a hoodie and ponytail and feels no need to dress more formally in these situations.
I have to admire that about Greta as well. Billionaires, Princes, and she’s like whatevs!
Also, on a super-superficial note–her hair is getting so long! I love it, just pulled back in a simple ponytail, no artifice–just Greta and her cute little face.
Also PC was super nice to her — saying it took him years to get used to all the photographers, and that she was doing a great job. Instead of the orange booger in the white house always trying to come down on her. Which I know she handles with style, but still.
Greta is adorable and the hatred she gets thrown at her makes me so deeply sad I could cry. You would think everyone could agree not to attack a minor for promoting a cause she cares about but of course not, this sh***y planet ugh
Nice to know he draws the line SOMEWHERE.
It’s not the first time for him, when Pence is on a trip abroad, he is snubbed by world leaders when who are not constrained by protocol to be kind to him. Because everyone knows that is just a idiot puppet with no real power in the Trump administration.
I doubt he’s an idiot. He made the choice to be with Trump, because it gave him access to top level power. His wet dreams are coming true. Extremist judges for decades, shutting down of abortion rights, and an idiot in chief who may be impeached repeatedly. Pence is biding his time to see if the GOP hands him the presidency.
Too bad he’ll get impeached along with his master. Roberts ordered the release of the Zelinsky/Pence meeting notes for Congress to review. That’s what they were doing in the private room today. It all but guarantees Pence knew.
Haven’t we learned that it doesn’t matter what the facts are? They will not be acted upon by the only body of the US legislature that can remove a President or Vice from office. Moscow Mitch and the GOP-controlled US Senate will not vote to remove Trump, nor will they impeach-and-remove Pence. If they do, Pelosi is President.
I feel like Charles really wants to be a good person, and prob really did like Meghan initially but I think as w Diana, his jealousy gets the better of him when he feels out-shined. And I bet it goes to back to early years w his parents… Imagine having to grow up in the weird shadow of his mother’s clear adoration of the so much less than PA?
He was treated harshly by Philip, sent off to a miserable school, felt emotionally distant. Andrew as mummy’s fav, Edward as Papa’s. He was never anyone’s. I’m surprised he doesn’t resent Edward more for that, but he *was* trying to remove Edward and Sophie as working royals until recently.
But he was someone’s favorite. According to everything I’ve read he was totally adored by his grandmother, the Queen Mum. They were exceptionally close.
He skipped both Pences. Ha ha! Phony Christians.
This reminds me of Mitch McConnell getting the handshake snub from one of Elijah Cummings’ family members that Chuck Shumer totally saw. Little moments of petty joy.
The royal reporters have clarified that Charles had a warm discussion with Pence earlier& there is a photo of their jovial meeting.
This quick explanation issued is similar to how reporters were quick to explain how Anne didn’t refuse to greet Trump during NATO meeting when the internet was making her a hero. But radio silence when Meghan was accused of snubbing Trump during the state visit.
As much as I dislike Charles, between the two he is the lesser of the evils. I wish every person would ignore Pence (except the prosecutors — Pence needs to be removed from office along with Trump).
He warmly welcomed Putin – at least it’s DF’s claim.
THIS SPARKS SO MUCH JOY!!! LOVE EVERY BIT OF IT! Good job, HRH Prince Charles 👑💖👑😎
Oh, that was definitely shade of the most scathing magnitude. No accident there. And it was positively delicious. Lol. Pence and the other hater creatures deserve so much more. But I’ll take this happily.