THE King provoked laughter as he made a joke about his age throughout a go to to Aberdeenshire on Tuesday.
Charles, 77, visited Peterhead Port in Aberdeenshire on Tuesday and discovered about upcoming renewable vitality tasks.
He was impressed by the size of the area’s vitality ecosystem – even joking that he did not know if it might nonetheless be “alive” as soon as the venture was full.
Unveiling a plaque to commemorate his go to, he stated: “It’s implausible to see such exceptional effort, teamwork and coordination. I do not know if I am going to nonetheless be alive by the point you end it!
On Peterhead Embankment, the King met native members of the vitality provide chain, together with the Peterhead Vitality Transition Discussion board. He additionally met representatives of Maritime Developments Ltd, a three-time recipient of the King’s Award for Enterprise.
The king nonetheless appeared to have some humor after a troublesome week for the royal household following the publication of Earl Spencer’s memoir about his sister Princess Diana, Swan music.
It contains claims the king was “madly elated” after the dying of his ex-wife, with Buckingham Palace issuing an unprecedented assertion saying grief can “cloud cause, have an effect on judgment and shade reminiscence”.
King Charles’ feedback on his well being
This isn’t the primary time Charles has made a casual remark about his age and well being throughout public engagements.
On the RHS Sandringham Flower Present in July, a member of the general public on the show stated to Her Majesty: “I am the identical age as you. You look good!”, to which the King good-humouredly replied: “It will get so much tougher, would not it?“
© Getty PicturesIn September 2025, throughout a go to to the Metropolitan College Hospital in Midland, West Midlands, he informed an onlooker: “It is the horrible factor, as I am already discovering out. Bits do not work very properly if you’re over 70“.
Earlier that yr, in April, he made a joke about dwelling “lengthy sufficient” to see a tree he planted develop throughout his Italian state go to with Queen Camille.
He additionally admitted that his superior age restricted him in his actions, stating that his snowboarding days have been “behind him” in February final yr, whereas in October 2024, a younger royal fan requested King Charles his favourite sport, to which the king replied: “I am unable to do a lot now, too many accidents.”
The monarch was identified with most cancers in 2024, simply weeks away from the Princess of Wales, who’s now in remission.
The king continues to be below remedy, however in his final replace in December 2025 shared the excellent news that it had been “decreased”.
King’s joke about unveiling a ‘harmful’ plaque
It was lucky that Charles’ plaque unveiling went as deliberate, as he stated they may very well be “harmful” throughout a go to to Nice British Vitality’s new headquarters, additionally on Tuesday.
© POOL/AFP by way of Getty PicturesCharles joked: “Unveiling plates could be a barely harmful eventwhich I found to my price on quite a few events!”
After eliciting laughter, the king added: “It’s exceptional to see the extent of all of the engineering expertise on this a part of the world. »
Charles has skilled a number of plaque unveilings previously, together with on the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship earlier this month and at Oxford Photovoltaics in March.