Prince Charles Duke of Rothesay in kilt photos

[BoldHighlander]

Terry, thanks for the help in posting the pictures for me.

My pleasure!

[xman]

Why does he always have his fingers tucked into his waistcoat pocket fiddling with his watch?

[ThistleDown]

And where do you put your left hand while your right is off there in the air willing to accept any five wiggling fingers to grasp? I'm sorry if this sounds really bad and antagonistic or something or whatever-- but why evens the question?

[xman]

... why evens the question?

Occupational hazard I guess. As an actor I am a constant student of human nature and character habits.

[Zardoz]

And where do you put your left hand while your right is off there in the air willing to accept any five wiggling fingers to grasp? I'm sorry if this sounds really bad and antagonistic or something or whatever-- but why evens the question?

Wow, defensive much? For the record, I generally leave my left hand dangling

Occupational hazard I guess. As an actor I am a constant student of human nature and character habits.

I wonder about that too. As often as he is photographed like that, I'd guess it's mild OCD, or 'just a tick' as they used to say...

[Chas]

Although Prince Charles is now quite an accomplished public speaker, it was not always so.

As a younger man he was known to fiddle with his left cuff-link with his right hand - the royal equivalent of the crossed arms, putting a barrier between himself and the person he was talking to. After a while he stopped doing that, but every so often he would fiddle with his signet ring on the little finger of his left hand - not as much of a barrier. Sort of a half way house.

He now uses his waistcoat pocket.

Anybody who has done any public speaking, knows that if you start looking like a human windmill with arms flailing in all directions, then your message can get easily lost. By using his waistcoat pocket, he is keeping his body under control. The whole idea goes back many years to his father, who was then and is still often seen walking around with his hands behind his back.

Regards

Chas

[A Hay]

Thanks for posting the new pictures. It is always nice to see how he is turned out.

One of the things I really like is the way his waistcoat is squared off at the bottom. I'm thinking I will do that with my Lovat Green waistcoat.

It was interesting to note that there have been over 22,000 views of this thread. Is that close to being the most viewed? I suspect he has had an impact on some X-Markers, myself included.

Tom