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The last few years have been momentous for theBritish monarchy, culminating in the tragic passing of Britain\u2019s longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II<\/a>\u00a0on Sept. 8, 2022, at Balmoral. It was a devastating day for the \u00a0royal family<\/a> as many members gathered to be by her side in her final moments.<\/p>\n WesternEuropeans<\/p>\n \n That same day, Elizabeth\u2019s eldest son, King Charles III, ascended the throne. And just one day later, he addressed the UK as its new monarch. Since then, and particularly since a\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0of the new king ordering an aide to remove items from his desk emerged, reports of his lavish demands and eccentric habits \u2013 from peculiar food preparation to one specific brand of \u00a0toilet<\/a> paper \u2013 have surfaced.<\/p>\n It comes as no surprise that the boy born to be king would reportedly garner the nickname the \u201cpampered prince\u201d in his early years. Almost a year to the day after the late Queen Elizabeth II and\u00a0Prince Philip\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0wedding on Nov. 20, 1947, the future queen gave birth to her eldest son King Charles III on Nov. 14, 1948. Charles was born in the Buhl Room of Buckingham Palace via cesarean section when Elizabeth was still a princess.<\/p>\n King Charles broke with\u00a0tradition<\/a>\u00a0several times in his youth, attending school instead of being privately tutored, as was the norm for the royal family at the time. He also became the first royal to earn a university degree at\u00a0Trinity College, Cambridge<\/a>, where he read archaeology and anthropology. He later joined the Royal Air Force before becoming the Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester in July 1958. His investiture took place on July 1, 1969, when he was crowned by his mother in Caernarvon, Wales.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s take a look at some of King Charles\u2019s more unconventional demands and daily routines.<\/p>\n Even before his ascension to the throne,\u00a0King Charles III<\/a>\u00a0was known by his staff to have very particular requests and habits. In the 2015 Amazon Prime documentary\u00a0\u201cServing the Royals: Inside the Firm,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Paul Burrell, a former butler to the late queen and Princess Diana, revealed that the then prince had \u201ceverything done for him.\u201d<\/p>\n Discover more<\/span><\/p>\n Bathroom<\/span><\/p>\n Candy & Sweets<\/span><\/p>\n Toilets<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/ins><\/div>\n \u201cHis 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,\u201d in a bathtub filled \u201conly half full,\u201d Burrell disclosed.<\/p>\n He added the new king even \u201chas his valets squeeze one inch of toothpaste onto his toothbrush every morning.\u201d<\/p>\n As for food, Charles has stuck to a primarily healthy diet with some unusual quirks. In the same documentary, a former member of the royal staff, chef Graham Newbould said: \u201cPrince Charles has a healthier option. He\u2019d have homemade bread, a bowl of fresh fruit, fresh fruit juices.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWherever the Prince goes in the world, the breakfast box goes with him. He has six different types of honey, some special mueslis, his dried fruit and anything that\u2019s a bit special that he is a bit fussy about.\u201d<\/p>\n Discover more<\/span><\/p>\n History<\/span><\/p>\n Bathroom<\/span><\/p>\n Western Europeans<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/ins><\/div>\n Meanwhile, the king\u2019s former press secretary Julian Payne told\u00a0The Mirror<\/a>\u00a0the monarch habitually skipped lunch, preferring a walk instead.<\/p>\n \u201cThe king doesn\u2019t eat lunch; so, an early lesson I learnt when out on the road with him was to have a big breakfast or bring a few snack bars with you to keep you going.<\/p>\n \u201cThe working day is pretty relentless. Beginning with the radio news headlines and a breakfast of seasonal fruit salad and seeds with tea.\u201d<\/p>\n Even more surprising is the extremely precise and uncommon way his biscuits are prepared.<\/p>\n apost.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Like so many of us, King Charles is fond of biscuits but, unlike so many of us, prefers his sweet treats warm, a royal household insider revealed to\u00a0MyLondon<\/a>\u00a0(keep in mind that\u00a0British biscuits<\/a>\u00a0can be a tad different from what somebody in the US would expect!).<\/p>\n \u201cPrince Charles enjoys cheese and biscuits at the end of many of his meals. Since he\u2019s particular about everything, he insists that they be a certain temperature. The staff keeps a warming pan just to make sure they are hot enough for his liking,\u201d the source revealed.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Charles also has a penchant for traveling heavy, making sure to have certain furniture and other items sent before him, according to the \u00a0royal family<\/a> tell-all \u201cThe Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor \u2013 the Truth and the Turmoil<\/a>\u201d written by Tina Brown, who was good friends with Princess Diana. Brown revealed the king takes many personal items along with him on his travels, including his \u201cbed, furniture and even pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n Brown\u2019s book disclosed that former senior valet Michael Fawcett oversaw the litany of\u00a0items<\/a>\u00a0brought along during the then prince\u2019s travels, which included an \u201corthopedic bed, lavatory seat, and Kleenex Velvet lavatory paper, plus two landscapes of the Scottish Highlands.\u201d Again breaking with tradition, King Charles reportedly eschews the royal household\u2019s official supplier of \u00a0toilet<\/a> paper,\u00a0Andrex<\/a>, and prefers Kleenex Velvet.<\/p>\n![](\"\/\/image-2.apost.com\/media\/articletranslation\/2025\/02\/26\/09\/19e61cd6a532d72fa56a6da11c78fcdc_500x1.jpg\")
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Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (2018), (Paul Ellis – WPA Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n
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