When Charles Delivered A Video Message, A Photo In The Background Sparked An Online Frenzy

Whenever a member of the royal family broadcasts from their own home, it’s an exciting chance for people to sneak a peek inside a royal abode. But when fans tuned in to see Charles’ video broadcast about a new hospital in London, they got a little more than they’d bargained for. In fact, many royal watchers were surprised – and even a little disturbed – by the contents of one particular photo frame that sat on the shelves of the now-King of England.

A peek into Charles’ home

At the time, Charles was launching the new NHS Nightingale Hospital London – making him the first member of his family to ever do so via video link. He was communicating from his Scottish countryside residence of Birkhall, which is part of the Balmoral estate and used as a summer home by the prince and his wife Camilla, now Queen Consort.

His moving speech

And the speech that Charles delivered from Birkhall was a moving one. Speaking to all those involved in the creation of the hospital, he remarked, “If I may say so, I was enormously touched to have been asked to open the Nightingale Hospital… It is without doubt a spectacular and almost unbelievable feat of work in every sense – from its speed of construction in just nine days, as we’ve heard, to its size and the skills of those who have created it.”

Impossible made possible

“[It is] an example, if any one was needed, of how the impossible could be made possible and how we could achieve the unthinkable through human will and ingenuity,” Charles continued. “The creation of this hospital is above all the result of an extraordinary collaboration and partnership between NHS managers, the military and all those involved to create a center on a scale that has never been seen before in the United Kingdom.”

Charles’ thanks

Speaking directly to the camera, the heir to the British throne continued, “On behalf of the nation, I want to say a very big thank you to the planners, the builders, the Armed Forces, the generous companies and organizations [that] have donated equipment and services and all the support staff who have made this possible.”