The detail of the sock with holes that King Charles III wore during a visit to a historic mosque on Brick Lane in east London did not escape the attentive British media.
Once the sovereign took off his shoes, as is expected for those entering the Muslim place of prayer, he was unable to hide the embarrassing little hole in the sock of his right foot. But this unexpected event, told with lots of photos in the online edition of the Daily Telegraph , did not in any way affect Charles's visit with his queen consort Camilla to the Bangladeshi community that animates that area of the British capital.
After all, the sovereign is renowned for being too thrifty in terms of clothing. He had already been filmed or photographed in the past with clothes destroyed by wear and tear and shoes exploited beyond belief.
When he was heir to the throne, for example, to participate in a BBC program on rural life he had chosen a jacket held together by patches.
(Unioneonline/lf)
