King Charles jokes about ageing and what he can no longer do

Telling someone they ‘look good’ is considered a compliment, and when it’s said to someone older, it’s a pleasant gesture. King Charles, 77, however, doesn’t pretend that age is just a number. The monarch’s response after being told he ‘looks good’ cuts straight through the pleasantries.On 22 July, while attending the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Sandringham Flower Show, a well-wisher told him, “I’m the same age as you. You are looking good!” The monarch had a rather cheeky response. “It gets much harder, doesn’t it?” Hello! reported. Those words, delivered with perfect timing and a familiar smile, got a laugh from people who recognised them immediately as truth, not humility. He was simply stating a fact that only those past 70 already know.King Charles’s comment wasn’t one of those carefully scripted remarks. It landed because it was honest in a way royal statements rarely are.