A TV presenter has been roundly mocked over a social media outburst criticising King Charles III for speaking Welsh. When the King visited Cardiff on Friday, September 16, he appeared at the Senedd and replied in Welsh to a motion of condolence from its members. He said Wales "could not have been closer" to his mother Queen Elizabeth II's heart.
James Whale, who hosts a show on Talk TV and Talk Radio, posted a tweet full of spelling and grammatical errors on Friday afternoon. It said: "As somebody whose mother was Welsh and Bourne in the valleys and never spoke Welsh most Welsh people I just wish King Charles didn’t feel the necessity to try and do it most people in Wales don’t speak Welsh and it’s an embarrassment to C [sic]."
The tweet prompted a wave of responses, many of which ridiculed Whale's comments. Andy wrote: "I moved to Wales from Leeds. My kids and wife all speak Welsh. I love hearing them and their friends converse in their mother tongue. Stop trampling over Welsh culture and history."
