A joke made by King Charles was reportedly so poor that Queen Camilla responded with a disapproving eyebrow raise. The quip from the monarch related to his previous ownership of a property in Romania, where he would reside during his royal visits to the country.
Now that he no longer owns the property, the King chooses to stay at the residence of local aristocrat Count Tibor Kalnoky when visiting. Commenting on his former property ties in the country, it's alleged that the King told Camilla he had a "stake" in Transylvania, alluding to the region's infamous fictional vampire, Dracula.
According to Ephraim Hardcastle of the Daily Mail, the Queen reacted to this joke by raising her eyebrows in disapproval.
He elaborated: "The King is keen on resuming his annual spring visit to Romania next month after cancelling on health grounds last year. But all is not quite as traditional in Transylvania as the King would like.
"The tourist trade has expanded with hotels and ski runs, and the bears have been put off from coming too close by coach-loads of tourists hoping for a glimpse of royalty.
"His Majesty no longer rests his head in one of his Transylvanian properties, which bring in lucrative rental income, but stays with local aristocrat Count Tibor Kalnoky, his letting agent.
"For Camilla, who has only been once, Charles's Dracula gag - about having a stake in Transylvania - now sends the Queen's eyebrows heavenwards."
King Charles has been at the forefront of recent Royal news, following Buckingham Palace's announcement that he had encountered a setback in his cancer treatment, reports Cambridgeshire Live.
The Palace revealed that the King had experienced some side effects from treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer.
In a statement, the Palace explained: "Following scheduled and ongoing medical treatment for cancer this morning, The King experienced temporary side effects that required a short period of observation in hospital.
"As a result, His Majesty's afternoon engagements were postponed. His Majesty has now returned to Clarence House, and as a precautionary measure, acting on medical advice, tomorrow's diary programme will also be rescheduled.
"His Majesty would like to send his apologies to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result."
Since then, the King has resumed his public duties and paid tribute to one of Britain's most renowned and oldest flying aces, who recently passed away at the age of 103. The King will attend a special ceremony at RAF Northolt to honour the late Jack Hemmings, one of the UK's oldest World War 2 veterans.
Jack went on to co-found the Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), which he said had "grown exponentially to become the Good Samaritan of the air" since its inception in 1945.
Discussing his motivations for enlisting in the RAF back in 1940 with the Daily Express, Jack quipped: "When I first joined the RAF in 1940, I thought, 'If I am going to fight in a war, I may as well do it sitting down.'".
He continued to share his passion for aviation, saying, "Getting into an aeroplane gives a sense of pleasant expectation – I've never got into one and regretted it. I love flying because it gives a feeling of detachment from all the problems in the world – and there are a lot of problems."
