Charles had his fair share of controversies before he became King on September 8 2022, after his mother Queen Elizabeth II passed away aged 96.
His father, Prince Philip was also known for his more near-the-knuckle comments such as "You managed not to get eaten then?, while speaking to a British student who was trekking through Papa New Guinea in 1988, and when he told a group of British exchange students in China in 1986: "If you stay here much longer, you’ll get slitty eyes".
Meanwhile, King Charles was hoping to be slightly more discreet when he seemingly forgot that the microphones could pick up everything he said during an interview which saw him famously let slip a rude comment in 2005.
