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Conor Gogarty

King Charles laughs as woman in Cardiff crowd gives him pen 'just in case'

King Charles III shared a laugh with a woman who handed him a pen during his visit to Cardiff. It came after the new monarch was caught on video earlier this week becoming frustrated with a leaky pen while signing a visitors' book in Northern Ireland.

As the King greeted well-wishers at Cardiff Castle on Friday, September 16, Sky News captured the moment a woman gave him a pen and told him: "Just in case." King Charles chuckled while examining the gift.

The woman later told Greatest Hits Radio she and her companion had queued since 5am to meet the King, adding: "It was very surreal, very poignant, absolutely amazing. We had a little conversation with him and we gave him a pen. He took it really well.

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