This Is What Forced King Charles III To Treat His Staff So Rudely In Public

King Charles III insisting his desk must be clean and orderly to his specifications (HuffPost)

Earlier this week Twitter blew up when King Charles III testily motioned for his staff to move a couple of desk items away instead of doing such a trivial thing by himself. To most people, this was an open-and-shut case: King Chuckie is nothing more than a rude, privileged old fart who is nothing more than a national embarrassment.

I thought so, too. What a jerk, right? Then this morning, I came across another article describing then-Prince Charles’ demands of his staff:

“His 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,” Burrell revealed in the 2015 film (via the New York Post). “[He even] has his valets squeeze one inch of toothpaste onto his toothbrush every morning.” According to The Mirror, he is also particular about his food, requesting that his biscuits be warmed to a specific temperature. (boldface mine)

That’s when I realized that King Charles III wasn’t just being a jerk. He much more likely has a full-blown case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I understood because I am fairly sure I also have OCD, because where possible:

1. When drinking a liquid, I must take swallows in multiples of four.